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    This document provides instructions for conducting a closed compass traverse fieldwork exercise which involves: 1) Establishing at least 5 traverse stations and recording the forward and back bearings between each station. 2) Measuring the length of each line twice and recording the mean length. 3) Computing the interior angles and angular error of closure to adjust the interior angles and bearings. 4) Identifying the best line unaffected by local attraction to adjust the other lines. 5) Tabulating the observed, computed, and adjusted values.

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    This document provides instructions for conducting a closed compass traverse fieldwork exercise which involves: 1) Establishing at least 5 traverse stations and recording the forward and back bearings between each station. 2) Measuring the length of each line twice and recording the mean length. 3) Computing the interior angles and angular error of closure to adjust the interior angles and bearings. 4) Identifying the best line unaffected by local attraction to adjust the other lines. 5) Tabulating the observed, computed, and adjusted values.

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    This document provides instructions for conducting a closed compass traverse fieldwork exercise which involves: 1) Establishing at least 5 traverse stations and recording the forward and back bearings between each station. 2) Measuring the length of each line twice and recording the mean length. 3) Computing the interior angles and angular error of closure to adjust the interior angles and bearings. 4) Identifying the best line unaffected by local attraction to adjust the other lines. 5) Tabulating the observed, computed, and adjusted values.

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    This document provides instructions for conducting a closed compass traverse fieldwork exercise which involves: 1) Establishing at least 5 traverse stations and recording the forward and back bearings between each station. 2) Measuring the length of each line twice and recording the mean length. 3) Computing the interior angles and angular error of closure to adjust the interior angles and bearings. 4) Identifying the best line unaffected by local attraction to adjust the other lines. 5) Tabulating the observed, computed, and adjusted values.

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    ISO 9001:2015

    TÜV-R 01 100 1934918 Republic of the Philippines


    CENTRAL BICOL STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE
    San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur 4418
    www.cbsua.edu.ph

    COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND FOOD SCIENCE


    Department of Agricultural Engineering

    ELEMENTARY SURVEYING 1
    Close Compass Traverse
    Fieldwork No. 10

    NAME: __________________________ RATING: ____________


    SECTION & YEAR: _________________ DATE: _______________

    I. Objective
    a. To determine the magnetic bearing of each line of a closed compass traverse.
    b. To learn how to adjust a closed compass traverse.
    II. Instruments
    1. Compass
    2. Steel tape
    3. Range pole
    4. Chaining pins/chalk
    III. Procedures
    1. Establish at least five traverse stations at designated points on the field
    assigned to be surveyed. Call these stations (or corners) 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.

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    3. Sight the compass on the last traverse station and read the magnetic bearing.
    Record this as the back bearing of the last line in the traverse.
    4. Sight B and read the compass box. Record this as the forward bearing of line
    AB.
    5. Transfer the compass to B and sight on A. read the compass box and record
    this as the back bearing of line AB.
    6. Turn towards the direction of C, then read and record the forward bearing of
    line BC.
    7. Transfer to C and sight on B. Read and record the back bearing of the line BC,
    then sight on D and also read and record the forward bearing of line CD.
    8. Proceed to the next station and repeat the above procedure of determining
    back and forward bearings for each line. Continue until the last traverse
    station is occupied and the forward bearing of the last line has been read and
    accordingly recorded.
    9. With steel tape, measure the length of each line in the traverse twice and
    record the mean as the actual length of the line.
    10. Tabulate observed and adjusted values accordingly. Refer to the
    accompanying sample format for the tabulation of field data.

    Computed Adjusted
    Observed
    Line Length STA Interior Corr. Interior
    Bearings
    Angle Angle
    AB A
    BC B
    CD C
    DE D
    EA E

    IV. Computations
    1. The interior angle at each station of the traverse can be computed easily
    from the observed forward and back bearings taken from the station
    regardless of whether or not the needle is affected locally. A carefully
    prepared sketch is important since from it the required calculations will be
    obvious.
    2. The angular error of closure is determined by subtracting the sum of the
    computed interior angles of the traverse from (n-2) x 180 degree, where n is
    the number of sides in the traverse. Note that the computed value may be a
    positive or negative quantity, and the resulting sign should be considered in
    all succeeding computations.
    3. The correction for each computed interior angle is determined by dividing the
    angular error of closure by the number of traverse stations. The computed
    value is then added algebraically to each computed interior angle to
    determine the corresponding adjusted interior angle.
    4. Go over the observed bearings and determine which line in the chosen as the
    best line. The adjustment of traverse lines affected by local attraction is then
    by starting from the unaffected or best line.

    __________________________________________________________________________________
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    5. The forward and back bearings of all other lines in the traverse affected by
    local attraction ca e easily computed and adjusted by again drawing a sketch
    thus making all calculations obvious.
    6. Finally, tabulate the adjusted bearings of the traverse. Refer to the
    accompanying sample format shown below.

    DJUSTED BEARINGS
    LINE LENGTH
    FORWARD BACK
    AB
    BC
    DE
    EA

    V. Results

    __________________________________________________________________________________
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    VI. Sketch/Layout

    __________________________________________________________________________________
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