Visayas State University

DEPARTMENT OF FOREST SCIENCE

Visca, Baybay, Leyte

Name: Roi Andrei Caballes Date Performed: September 30, 2019

Course & Year: BS Forestry – 2 Date Submitted: October 14, 2019

Exercise No. 7

Close Traverse

I. Introduction:

In the present day, more and more people wants to have their own houses. And
even build establishments of their own such as restaurants, resorts, and even buildings to
start their own businesses. However, doing this is not easy because there are so many
things that a person should take into consideration. Just like the total area covered by the
land your planning to use with, as well as the accurate measurements needed once the
construction started. One of the best ways in order to do it using the close traverse
method.

A close traverse is one that either begins and ends at the same point or begins and
ends at points whose positions have been previously determined (“Engineers daily,” n.d.).
On the other hand, whether they return to the starting point or not, they still provide
checks on the measured angles and distances. Because of this ability to check the
measurements, close traverses are more desirable. Moreover, close traverses are used
extensively in control, construction, property, and topographic surveys (“Traversing,”
n.d.).
 II. Objective:
1. To establish the location of points using the close traverse method.

III. Materials:

Staff Head Compass Wooden Pegs Steel Tape Poles

IV. Procedure:
1. Establish a tying point to get the bearing and horizontal distance of station 1.
2. Establish your stations at convenient distances and directions. Use pegs to mark
your station.
3. As in exercise 6, get the bearing and distance of all the stations until you go back
to station 1.
4. Plot the points on a cross-section paper. Include all information normally found on
a map. Use a scale of 1:200.
V. Data and Results:
1. Use the table below for your field notes.
Horizontal
Stations Magnetic Bearing Remarks
Distance (cm.)
1 N 30° W S 30° E 8.90 m No Error
2 N 35° E S 23° W 10.60 m Error
3 S 70° E N 67° W 12.82 m Error
4 S 25° W N 26° E 9.29 m Error
5 S 69° W N 68° E 9.76 m Error

2. New table below for with the corrected bearings.

Horizontal
Stations Magnetic Bearing Remarks
Distance (cm.)
1 N 30° W S 30° E 8.90 m No Error
2 N 35° E S 35° W 10.60 m No Error
3 S 70° E N 70° W 12.82 m No Error
4 S 25° W N 25° E 9.29 m No Error
5 S 69° W N 69° E 9.76 m No Error

VI. References:

Engineers daily. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.engineersdaily.com/2017/11/overview-open-and-closed-
traverses-in-surveying.html

Traverse. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://engineering.purdue.edu/~asm215/topics/traverse.html