ELEMENTARY SURVEYING
FIELD MANUAL
2006
FIELD WORK NO. 8
DETERMINATION OF THE
HEIGHT OF A REMOTE POINT
COURSE AND SECTION: ____________
SUBMITTED BY:
SN. ___NAME: _________________ STUDENT NO.:_________________
GROUP NO. _______ CHIEF OF PARTY: ______________
DATE OF FIELDWORK: ________ DATE OF SUBMISSION: _________
SUBMITTED TO:
PROFESSOR: ______________________ GRADE
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GROUP NO. ______ CHIEF OF PARTY: ___________
MEMBERS:
1. 4.
2. 5.
3. 6.
FIELD WORK NO. 8
DETERMINATION OF THE HEIGHT OF A REMOTE POINT
OBJECTIVES:
1. To develop the skills in getting the vertical distance of a certain inaccessible point
using a single vertical plane and using two planes, horizontal and vertical.
2. To apply the knowledge learned in the analysis of right triangles in determining
the height of a remote point.
3. To learn how to read vertical angle of a transit.
4. To have the confidence of working with one’s party or group and to be fully
responsible in the performance of the assigned task.
INSTRUMENTS:
1. Engineer’s transit
2. 1 leveling rod
3. tape
4. chalk/1-set of marking pins
5. range pole
6. reading glass
ORGANIZATION OF PARTY:
1. Chief Of Party (COP)
2. 1 rod man
3. 1 Instrument man
4. 2 tapemen
5. 1 Recorder
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PROCEDURE:
A. Determination of the height of a flagpole as the remote point using a single
vertical plane.
1. Set-up the transit at a convenient location and call it point A where one can see
clearly the leveling rod and the topmost part of the flagpole.
2. Using the normal form of the telescope, sight the topmost part of the flagpole.
Record the reading on the vertical circle, call it angle .
3. For the second trial, use inverted telescope to view the remote point. This is done
to determine the index error of the instrument.
4. Get the mean of the two readings and record it as the mean of angle or the
angle of elevation of the remote point from the first station.
5. Set the leveling rod vertically near the flagpole and level the telescope of the
transit. Sight the reading to get the height of the instrument on its initial location.
6. Move the transit towards the flagpole and call it station B, then measure its
distance from its initial location. Record this as distance AB.
7. After leveling the transit, sight the top of the flagpole twice, again using the normal
and inverted position of the telescope for the two trials. Record the two vertical
angle readings. Determine the mean of the two readings and call it mean angle
.
8. Level the telescope, and get the height of the instrument by sighting the leveling
rod at the base of the flagpole. This will represent the height of the instrument on
station B.
9. Analyze the two right triangles formed to determine the height of the remote point.
COMPUTATIONS:
The computation of sample field notes is done in accordance with the steps listed
hereunder:
Computation of an the height of the remote point
Determine the difference in elevation between the two instruments set-ups.
Diff in HI h2 h1
Analyze triangle B’EF, solve for the distance “x” using tangent function.
h h
tan 2 1
x
Determine the sum of the distance AB and “x” for the analysis of the oblique triangle.
Dis tan ce A' F AB x
Using sine law in the oblique triangle A’FD, solve for the distance FD.
AB x FD
sin sin
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Using the right triangle, FDG, solve for the height of the remote point DG.
H h2
sin D
FD
A’ E F G
B’
h1 h2
A B C
AB x
C. INSTRUMENT SET-UP
PRINCIPLE:
In an oblique triangle the ratio of the length of any side and the sine function of the
angle opposite this side is proportional to the ratio of any other side and the sine
function of the angle opposite this other side.
C a b c
b a
sin A sin b sin C
A B
c
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS:
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using the breaking the tape
method in measuring the horizontal distance of a sloping terrain?
2. Give other methods of determining the horizontal distance between two points
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PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET
FIELD WORK 8 DETERMINATION OF THE HEIGHT OF A REMOTE POINT
DATE: GROUP NO.
TIME: LOCATION:
WEATHER: PROFESSOR:
MEAN HEIGHT OF MEAN HEIGHT OF
STATION ANGLE
ANGLE INSTRUMENT INSTRUMENT
A
(TRIAL 1)
A
(TRIAL 2)
MEAN HEIGHT OF MEAN HEIGHT OF
STATION ANGLE
ANGLE INSTRUMENT INSTRUMENT
B
(TRIAL 1)
B
(TRIAL 2)
DISTANCE AB=____________________ COMPUTED HEIGHT OF
REMOTE POINT: _________
B. COMPUTATIONS:
C. SKETCH
SIGNATURE OF STUDENT
SIGNATURE OF PROFESSOR
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FINAL DATA SHEET
FIELD WORK 8 DETERMINATION OF THE HEIGHT OF A REMOTE POINT
DATE: GROUP NO.
TIME: LOCATION:
WEATHER: PROFESSOR:
MEAN HEIGHT OF MEAN HEIGHT OF
STATION ANGLE
ANGLE INSTRUMENT INSTRUMENT
A
(TRIAL 1)
A
(TRIAL 2)
MEAN HEIGHT OF MEAN HEIGHT OF
STATION ANGLE
ANGLE INSTRUMENT INSTRUMENT
B
(TRIAL 1)
B
(TRIAL 2)
DISTANCE AB=____________________ COMPUTED HEIGHT OF
REMOTE POINT: _________
D. COMPUTATIONS:
E. SKETCH
SIGNATURE OF STUDENT
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