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LABORATORY EXERCISE NO. 1

Title: Pace Calibration and Distances by Pacing

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to calibrate the length of your pace and determine the
approximate length of traverse lines using the method of pacing.

Equipment and accessories: 1 pc. - Field notebook, 1 pc. - 100-m tape, 1 pc. – plumb bob, 1 set
- chaining pins, 2 pcs. - range poles, crayons (as marker), and 1 pc. - calculator.

Field Notes:

1. Prepare your field notebook cover by writing down the title of the exercise, name of the
members of the group and their designation, and list of equipment used. Begin the
collection of notes for the Pace Calibration and Distances by Pacing exercise on the
second full page.
2. Follow the note form presented at the end of this practicum description. Your sketches
should look similar, but not identical. Some creativity is necessary. The bottom line is to
make sure that all recorded notes are very clear.
3. The completed field notebook is due before the end of the laboratory period.

Field Procedure:

1. The instructor will present a brief orientation on the equipment to be used and will give
the assigned area and location of fieldwork for each group.
2. Using the tape, layout a nearly-level distance 10 m across the practice field, marking the
ends with range poles. Longer lines provide better calibration.
3. Pace this distance five times in each direction, recording the number of paces in each
measurement.
4. Compute and record the calibrated length of your pace. Tabulate the field notes in column
as illustrated in the example note form. Construct an appropriate sketch of the calibration
range.
 5. Draw a sketch of your assigned traverse with paced distances marked along each traverse
line. Include reasonable amounts of detail to clarify the location of the traverse within the
practice field. Pace each line in your assigned traverse twice, once in each direction.
Record the number of paces required in each direction.

Report:

1. Compute and report the average length of your pace.

2. Compute and report the average number of paces required in each traverse line and the
length of each traverse line in meters based upon your calibrated pace length.
3. Compute and report the relative precision of your measurements in each traverse line.

Tabulation of Data:

A. Determining length of pace (Pace Factor).

Taped
Mean No. Length of Pace
Trial Line Distance No. of Paces
of Paces
meter meter/pace
1 AB
2 BA
3 AB 10
4 BA
5 AB

B. Measuring length of a traverse line by pacing and Relative Precision.

Taped No. of Paces Paced

Relative
Line Distance Mean Distance
Forward Reverse Precision
meter meter
A-B 5
B-C 3
C-D 5
D-A 3
Computation:

A. Determining length of pace (Pace Factor)

𝑆𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠
𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 =
𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠
𝑇𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 (𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟) =
𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛

B. Measuring length of a traverse line by

pacing. For each line;
𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 = (𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 + 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒)
2
𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑥 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛

C. Determining the relative

precision For each line;

𝑇𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 − 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒

𝑅. 𝑃. = | |
𝑇𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒

Sketch: (Example)

A B

10 m
𝐹𝐼𝐺𝑈𝑅𝐸 1: 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟

A B

D C
𝐹𝐼𝐺𝑈𝑅𝐸 2: 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
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