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CENTRAL BICOL STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND FOOD SCIENCE

Department of Agricultural Engineering

ENGINEERING SURVEYING
Pacing
Fieldwork No. 2

NAME:
______________________________________________________________________________

I. Objectives
a. To determine individual pace factor.
b. To measure distance by pacing.
II. Instruments and Accessories
a. Range Poles
b. Steel tape
c. Markers
III. Procedure:
1. Determining Pace Factor
a. Select straight and level course and on both ends establish markers at least 10
meters apart. Designate these end points as A and B.
b. Walk over the course at a natural pace or gait starting with either heel or toe over
point A and count the number of pace to reach point B.
c. For succeeding trials, walk from B to A, then A to B, until 5 trials are completed,
and the number of paces recorded accordingly.
d. Refer to the accompanying sample format for the recording of observed field data.
Trial Line Taped Number of Mean No. Pace Factor
Distance paces of Paces (m/pace)
(m)
1 AB
2 BA
3 AB
4 BA
5 AB

2. Measuring Distance by Pacing

 a. Define or establish the end points of another level whose length is to be
determined by pacing. Designate these end points as C and D.
b. For the first trial, walk over the course from C to D at a natural pace and record the
number of paces. Then, walk from D to C and again record the number of paces.
c. Repeat the above procedure until all five trials are completed.
d. After the field data is recorded, make an actual taping of the course CD to
determine the taped distance.
e. Refer to the accompanying sample format for the recording of observed field data.

No. of Paced Taped Relative

Trial Line Mean
Paces Distance Distance Precision
1 CD
2 DC
3 CD
4 DC
5 CD

IV. Computations
1. Computing Pace Factor (PF)
a. Get the sum of the number of paces for the five trials performed on course AB
the compute the mean number of paces.
b. Divide the known or taped length of course AB by the mean number of paces
for AB to determine the pace factor.
2. Computing Paced Distance (PD)
a. Get the sum of the number of paces for the five trials performed on course CD
and compute the mean number of the paces.
b. Multiply the mean number of paces for CD by the pace factor to obtain paced
distance.
3. Computing Relative Precision (RP)
a. Determine the difference between taped distance of CD and the paced
distance of CD.
b. Divide the difference by the taped distance of CD and reduce the numerator to
unity to determine the relative precision.
V. Results