LOPEZ, RUTH D.

BSCE 2B
SURVEYING
FIELDWOK #1
DISTANCE MEASURING BY PACING ON LEVEL GROUND
I. Objective:
To determine the mean and pace factor on 20 meters level ground.
II. Materials Needed:
 Meter Stick (1 meter)
 Chalk
 Notebook
 Pen
III. Procedure:
1. Find a flat or plane ground with a distance of 20 meters. Measure the distance
using meter stick. Assign the endpoints as A and B. (AB=20 meters)

2. Walk over along the 20 meters length with either heel to heel or toe to toe.
Count the paces from point A and B then B to A or vice versa.
3. Repeat the steps until 20 trials. Record the paces made.

Table 1. Pacing Data

TRIALS LINE TAPED NO. OF MEAN

DISTANCE PACES
1 AB 20m 34
2 BA 20m 33
3 AB 20m 33
4 BA 20m 32
5 AB 20m 33
6 BA 20m 33
7 AB 20m 33
8 BA 20m 33
9 AB 20m 34 33
10 BA 20m 32
11 AB 20m 33
12 BA 20m 32
13 AB 20m 32
14 BA 20m 32
15 AB 20m 34
16 BA 20m 33
17 AB 20m 34
18 BA 20m 34
19 AB 20m 33
20 BA 20m 33
 IV. Computation:

Solving Mean:
 𝒏𝒐.𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝟑𝟒+𝟑𝟑+𝟑𝟑+𝟑𝟐+𝟑𝟑+𝟑𝟑+𝟑𝟑+𝟑𝟑+𝟑𝟒+𝟑𝟐+𝟑𝟑+𝟑𝟐+𝟑𝟐+𝟑𝟐+𝟑𝟒+𝟑𝟑+𝟑𝟒+𝟑𝟒+𝟑𝟑+𝟑𝟑
M= =
𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎
𝟔𝟔𝟎
= = 33
𝟐𝟎

M=33 ans.

Determining Pace Factor:

𝑻𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆
Pf =
𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒐.𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔

𝟐𝟎
Pf = 𝟑𝟑 = 0.6061

Pf = 0.6061 ans.

V. Conclusion:
Pacing is defined as the easiest way to measure distance by counting the steps.
It is the length of a step in walking. Hence, after twenty trials, I got the data needed to
determine individual’s pace factor and based on the result, my pace factor is
approximately 0.61m.