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TEST 1, SEMESTER ONE, 2017

1 April 2017

MODULE CODE: MODULE NAME:

ENSV2SE Surveying (Engineering)

INTERNAL EXAMINER: J. C. Landman

INSTRUCTIONS:

Use of calculators is permitted.

Indicate your student number at the top of each page.

Complete all the questions on this handout. Do rough work on the blank pages
facing the questions.

Work in pencil will not be marked.

TIME: 2 Hours (10:30 to 12:30)

Number of pages: 6

Full Marks: 70

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QUESTION 1

Reduce the following levelling field book by the Collimation method.

POINT BS IS FS COLL LINE RL AL FL

P81X 1,543 84,313
S1 3,001
S2 4,191 1,212
S3 3,197 2,426
BRIDGE +2,000*
S4 1,525
S5 0,555 4,237
WW15 4,330 81,586

* Indicates inverted staff

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QUESTION 2

Reduce and check the following levelling field book by the Rise-and-Fall method.

POINT BS IS FS RISE FALL RL AL FL

S2aux 4,221 221,188
A 1,836
B 0,424
C 4,615
D 2,616 0,329
E 3,918
F 2,421
G 2,777
S13d 3,552 224,137

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QUESTION 3

Discuss the South African Coordinate System by inserting the missing text below. Show all
the elements of this coordinate system by using suitable sketches

The South African coordinate system is based on the "_________________

PROJECTION". This system consists of belts running ___________ and
__________, two degrees of longitude wide, with the _____________ meridian
being the odd meridian.

In the South African coordinate system the Y coordinate is measured positive to

the________ of the origin and negative to the ________. The X coordinate value
increases from zero at the __________________in a southern direction.

In survey work angles are always measured in a _________ direction.

SKETCHES:

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QUESTION 4.

Complete the traverse direction sheet below. [14]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
@ Start
Δ Groenberg 162.18.58 +19 162.19.17
Δ Aloes Res 315.06.00 +14 315.06.14
Δ Sugar Cane 62.03.56 +15 62.04.11
NR 2 89.33.53 34.09 -01 89.34.08
+48
+16
@ NR 2
Start 269.33.55 34.09 +14
NR 3 132.28.55 29.09 -01 132.29.08

@ NR 3
NR 2 312.28.53 29.09 +16
NR 4 86.09.28 44 -02 86.09.42

@ NR 4
NR 3 266.09.30 44 +14
End 86.24.45 24.59 -02 86.24.57

@ End
NR 4 266.24.38 24.56
Δ Richmond 327.18.31 +18 327.18.49
Δ Sugar Cane 4.26.45 +15 4.27.00
Δ Groenberg 195.55.29 +21 195.55.50
+54
+18

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QUESTION 5

Reduce the measured distances below so that they can be used in a traverse calculation.

 Slope correction: C = - s(1-cosα)

 Met correction: +38ppm
 Zero (prism constant) error: +0,034m
 MSL: C = -SH/R
 Scale enlargement: C = SY²/2R²
 Assume the radius of the earth to be 6367km
 The mean Y coordinate value of area: -70 000,00m
 The mean height of the survey: 1200m

Measured Vert Slope Scale Met Reduced

MSL Corr Zero Corr
Distance Angle Corr Corr Corr Distance
2 122,66m +2°15'

3 075,42m -2°30'

1 896,43m +1°45'
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QUESTION 6

Complete the following table, by ticking  in the appropriate block.

STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

Engineering Surveying has to do with the mapping of
buildings on a farm
Hydrographic Surveying has to do with the measurement
of dam wall construction
Cadastral Surveying has to do with the surveying of
buildings for sectional title registration
Mine Surveying has to do with the setting out of tunnels
for roads

Plane surveying has to do with measuring the

dimensions of aeroplanes at an airport

When an area to be surveyed is so small that the effect

of the curvature of the earth may be neglected, such a
survey is called a Geodetic Survey

The most commonly used DATUM in levelling is the

High-Water Mark

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STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

A direction on the South African Coordinate system is

measured clockwise from north

Magnetic North is always used when doing survey

calculations on the SA survey system

Presenting the earth on a flat map will introduce errors

The Mercator projection preserves size on a map

Equal backsights and foresights are not always essential
in all types of levelling
Accurate levelling is not possible in very strong wind

The line of sight and line of collimation are different

things

A circular hand bubble is essential to hold the levelling

staff vertical

The first reading when starting a line of levels is always a

backsight

A levelling instrument was set up midway between two

staffs, A and B. The readings taken were 1,185 and
1,729 on A and B respectively. The level was then
moved and set up near staff A. The reading on staff A
was then 1, 397. For zero collimation error, the reading
on staff B should be 1,941

A level line is a line which is perpendicular to the

direction of gravity

A Horizontal Line is a straight line, and is tangential to

the level line

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