GE 11 LAB EXERCISE #2 DIFFERENTIAL LEVELING

Submitted to: Mr. Jeark Principe Submitted by: Ace Cantillep Troy Cabalza Gie Cadelina Rex Carranza Fzaira Cerrero Nobee Codamon

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Group Composition A. CANTILLEP, Ace Waypointer, Prepared the Graph data B. CERRERO, Fzaira Waypointer C. CADELIA, Gie Waypointer D. CABALZA, Troy Waypointer E. CODAMON, Nobee Waypointer F. CARRANZA, Rex Waypointer Procedures Before the fieldwork: The group first checked if the markers previously set by our professor was correct. This is important because everything relies on the correct positioning of the markers. The group found that the markers coordinates are wrong and the group then contacted the professor for assistance. Once the markers were in their right position, the group proceeded with the actual fieldwork. Actual fieldwork: The group did the fieldwork by pairs. Each pair were to get 80 waypoints each. However, for the sake that everyone could experience how to use the GPS device for waypointing, each person was to get 40 waypoints each. Of course, since the more waypoints there are, the better the result will be, anyone in the group can get more than 40 waypoints if he/she is not yet tired. The group followed the instruction, One step then mark. With each persons step, he/she will mark that point as a waypoint. The group members who are not yet doing anything was assigned to be lookouts on the borderline so that we will know the domain of the area we are surveying. If there was a deviation from the actual instruction, it is that we did not cover the whole portion of the sunken garden that was assigned to us. This was because when we did the fieldwork, there were some people that were playing Frisbee and did not want to let us continue our lab exercise in their part. Results and Discussiions A. The 3d generated model and the actual are of the Sunken Garden was not anything alike at all. The 3D models showed there were crater like things in the surface while in reality, there are none. The group thinks that this is because the 3D generated does not really reflect the actual terrain. This is because the GPS, reflects the inner of the sunken garden instead of the outer. The group believes that it is so because the waypoints elevations were based on a geoid and that was the cause of the craters that was formed in the 3D model. The GPS refered to the geoid as the flat surface and everything above it is like a mountain. And since we did not get to cover everything, the points that we did cover looked like mountains and the ones that we didnt looked like craters. Even if the program did

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balance the 3D model, it is still not enough considering the GPS says the UP Diliman has an elevation of about 260+ feet. It may be able to make an accurate 3d surface model but I think that we should have been given more time and more GPS devices so that we can be able to sweep the terrain and gather more waypoints.