Name: JOAMY MARK A.

ABELLA Year/Course/Section: 2 BSABE A

ENSC 234 SURVEYING Date Submitted: JUNE 30, 2023
LABORATORY EXERCISE No. 4
PROBLEM : TAPING OVER UNEVEN AND SLOPING GROUND
OBJECTIVES: a.) To determine the magnetic bearings of each line of an open
compass traverse.
b.) To learn how to adjust an open compass traverse.
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LAB EXERCISE OUTLINE

A. INSTRUMENTS & ACCESSORIES: Surveyor's or Brunton Pocket

Compass, Steel Tape, Range Poles, and Pegs or Chaining Pins.
B. PROCEDURE:
1. Establish at least six distant stations for an open traverse. Call
these stations A, B, C, and so forth.
2. Set up and level the compass at A and release the needle of the compass so
that it will swing freely on its pivot.
3. Sight B and read the compass box for the direction pointed by the north end
of the needle. Record this as the forward bearing of line AB.
4. Transfer the compass to B and sight on A. Read the compass box
and record this as the back bearing of line AB.
5. Turn towards the direction of C, then read and record the forward bearing of
line BC.
6. Transfer to C and sight on B. Read and record the back bearing of line BC,
then sight on D and also read and record the forward bearing of line CD.
7. Proceed to the next station and repeat the same process until the last
traverse station is occupied and a back bearing is taken on the last line of
the traverse.
8. With a steel tape, measure the length of each line in the traverse twice and
record the mean as the actual length of the line.
9. Tabulate observed and adjusted values accordingly. Refer to the 44
accompanying sample formats for the tabulation of field data.

Name: JOAMY MARK A. ABELLA Year/Course/Section: 2 BSABE A

ENSC 234 SURVEYING Date Submitted: JUNE 30, 2023
NOTE: From the illustrated sample figure of an open transverse, the mean length of
each transverse line is indicated as d1, d2, d3, etc. The angular values corresponding to
the forward and back bearings of traverse lines are represented as θ1, θ2, θ3, etc.
OBSERVED BEARINGS ADJUSTED BEARINGS
LINE LENGTH FORWARD BACKWARD FORWARD BACKWAR
D
AB 9.814 N 40⁰ E S 40⁰ W N 40⁰ E S 40⁰ W
BC 16.123 S 81⁰ E N 84⁰ W S 82.5⁰ E N 82.5⁰ W
CD 12.793 S 01⁰ W Due north (0⁰) S 0.5⁰ W N 0.5⁰E
DE 14.721 S 74⁰ W N 75⁰ E S 74.5⁰ W N 74.5⁰ E
EF 10.515 N 18⁰ E S 18⁰ W N 18⁰ E S 18⁰ W

C. COMPUTATIONS
1. A traverse line is free from local attraction if the bearings read at its two ends
are exactly opposite in direction. The traverse angles are computed from
observed bearings and starting from the unaffected line.
2. If two or more traverse lines appear to be free from local at- traction, one of
these lines is arbitrarily chosen as the best line. If none of the lines is free
from local attraction, the line with the least discrepancy between the forward
and back bearings is chosen and its forward bearing is assumed to be correct.
3. The angle between the observed forward and back bearing at any station can
be determined correctly since the angle is independent of local attraction.
4. Correct bearings of successive lines are then computed easily by preparing a
careful sketch of the known data observed from each station. There are no
formulas to memorize since once the sketch is made, the required
calculations are obvious.
 Name: JOAMY MARK A. ABELLA Year/Course/Section: 2 BSABE A
ENSC 234 SURVEYING Date Submitted: JUNE 30, 2023

Distance of points calculation using pacing:

TRIAL LINE NUMBER OF PACES MEAN PACE DISTANCE

FORWAR BACKWAR FACTOR /LENGTH
D D
1 A-B 14 14 14 9.814
2 B-C 23 23 23 16.123
3 C-D 18.5 18 18.25 0.701 12.793
4 D-E 21 21 21 14.721
5 E-F 15 15 15 10.515

MEAN = (FORWARD + BACKWARD)

2

DISTANCE = (PACE FACTOR) X (MEAN)