Republic of the Philippines

Mindanao State University

College of Forestry and Environmental Study
Department of Forestry

LABORATORY EXERCISE NO.1

PACING

INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES: Range Poles, Steel Tape, Markers (Paints, Chalks or
Crayons)
PROCEDURE:
1. Determining Pace Factors
a. Established marked points designated as your A and B with length of 100meter, in
front of the CFES going to King faisal road.
b. Walk over the course at a natural pace starting with either heel or toe over point A
and count the number of paces to reach point B.
c. For succeeding trials, walk from B to A, then A to B, until 6 trials are completed, and
the number of paces recorded accordingly.
d. Refers to the accompanying sample format for the recording of observed field date.

TRIAL LINE TAPED NUMBER MEAN NO. PACE

DISTANCE OF PACES OF PACES FACTOR
(m) (m/pace)
1 AB
2 BA
3 AB
4 BA
5 AB
6 BA

2. Measuring Distance by Pacing

a. Established the end points of another level course whose length is to be determined
by pacing. Designate these end points as C and D to be paced at the cross section
at buklod road going to PAO (Public Attorneys Office).
b. For the first trial, walk over the course from C to D at a natural space and record the
number of paces. Then, walk from D to C and again record the number of paces.
c. Repeat the above procedure until all five trials are completed.
d. After the field data is recorded, make an actual taping of the course CD to determine
the taped distance.
e. Refer to the accompanying sample format for the recording of observed field data.

Trial Line No. of Mean Paced Taped Relative

paces Distance Distanced Precision
1 CD
2 DC
 3 CD
4 DC
5 CD
6 DC

3. Computations
1. Computing Pace Factor (PF)
a. Get the sum of the number of paces for the six trials performed on course AB
then compute the mean number of paces.
b. Divide the known or taped length of course AB by the mean number of paces for
AB to determine the pace factor.

2. Computed Paced Distance (PD)

a. Get the sum of the number of paces for the six trials performed on course CD
and compute the mean number of paces.
b. Multiply the mean number of paces for CD by the pace factor obtain the paced
distance.

3. Computing Relative Precision (RP)

a. Determine the difference between the taped distance of CD and the paced
distance of CD.
b. Divide the difference by the taped distance of CD and reduce the numerator to
unity to determine the relative precision.

NOTE:
Laboratory Format
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Bond paper: A4

FRM041 – Forest Surveying and Engineering

Name: Date:
Subject and Section: Weather:

LABORATORY EXERCISE NO.1

Pacing

I. Introduction
II. Objectives
III. Materials and Methods
IV. Result and Discussion
V. Appendices
VI. References
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