Laboratory Exercise #7: b. The contour map should be drawn on a grid layout.

All necessary map

marginal information, elevation of points, labeling of horizontal and
ANALYTICAL METHOD OF PLOTTING vertical grid lines and etc., must likewise be indicated.
CONTOURS c. Indicate the elevations of the following index contours: 100, 150 and
200 m..
d. A total of 25 grid squares, are needed to portray the 36 points with
Objective: known elevations. For example, one such grid square is formed by
points A – 1, A – 2, B – 2, and B – 1. Contours should be interpolated
 To learn the analytical method of interpolating (or spacing) contour lines between points A – 1 & A – 2, A – 2 & B – 2, and so on. Similarly,
proportionally between points of known locations and elevations. there is a need to interpolate only along one of the two diagonals of
this grid square. One diagonal is formed by a line joining A – 1 and B
– 2 and the other between B – 1 and A – 2. The selected diagonal is
Instruments and Accessories: one where the difference in elevation between the terminal points is
maximum.
Triangles, Metric Scale, Pencil, Pen, Eraser, White Cartolina, Scotch Tape e. The analytical interpolation of contour lines should be made on all the
and Calculator. lines and selected diagonals forming the 25 grid squares. The formula
to be used in determining the proportional spacing of contour lines is
given in the computation.
Procedure: f. Use pencil for initial plotting and a technical pen with blank ink for
final plotting.
1. The accompanying tabulation gives elevations of points over the area of a
g. All accompanying computations and conclusions must be submitted in
60 m by 60 m tract of land. The elevations were obtained by the grid
a short bond paper.
method using 10 m squares. Point A – 1 is located at the northwest corner
3. Write your conclusion on clean white bond paper A4 size.
of the lot and point F – 6 at the southeast corner. All elevations are in
meters.
Point 1 2 3 4 5 6
A 178 200 172 133 158 165
B 136 150 193 164 188 166
C 90 153 159 155 160 134
D 115 108 176 151 186 178
E 132 146 155 189 175 176
F 98 110 154 121 132 199

2. The requirements for this lab. Exercise are:

a. Construct a contour map using a horizontal scale of 1:100 with a
contour interval of 10 meters. The proportional spacing of contour
lines must only be determined analytically.