GE 412: Special Topics

ACTIVITY 3: GEODESY
Instructions:
1. Review all your lessons and answer the following problems with clear and precise solutions.
2. Avoid plagiarizing the work of your classmates. If it is found that your solution is copied from your classmate exactly, you and
your classmate will be rated No Point in the said item.
3. Use your student number to solve the values of a, b, c, d, and e in the given problems. Note, for a sample student #:
2003-12345: a=1, b=2, c=3, d=4, and e=5.
4. Submit your answers on or before November 13, 2021 on the google classroom.

1. The carried azimuth of a line whose Grid (PTM) azimuth at a given station is 164°47’49”+e”. An astronomical azimuth observed
for the same line is 165°00’41”+a”. Assume no error in the astronomical observation.
Station Longitude: 121°47’44”
Station Latitude: 13°38’16”
a) What is the Central Meridian to be used?
b) Compute the convergency correction.
c) Compute the corrected astronomical azimuth.
d) Compute the error in the carried azimuth.

2. A C130 left Villamor Airbase, Philippines (121°01’02.16”+d” E, 14°30’42.07”+e” N) at 4pm local time and arrived at Changi
Airport, Singapore (103°59’29.61”E, 01°21’51.72”N) at 4:30pm local time.
a) Compute the distance travelled by the Plane (in Nautical MIles).
b) Compute the Time Differernce between the two locations.
c) Compute the Travel Time.
d) Compute the speed of the plane.

3. Given the geodetic coordinates of Point A: λ=125°38’04.16”+c’ E, φ=11°08’02.50”+e’ N, and h=120m using the parameters of
Clarke’s Spheroid of 1866, compute its geocentric coordinates.
a) What is the value of �� ?
b) What is the value of �� ?
c) What is the value of �� ?
d) What is the Radius of the Prime Vertical at this Point?

4. From the level net shown, the elevation of ��1 is 100+d+e m. Use Least Square Adjustment in the determination of the
adjusted values of elevation.

a = 21.14m.
b = 5.08m.
c = -10.06m.
d = -15.96m.
e = -5.20m.

a) What is the adjusted elevation of ��2 ?

b) What is the adjusted elevation of ��3 ?
c) What is the adjusted elevation of ��4 ?
d) What is the Difference in Elevation Between ��2 and ��4 ?

5. Given the geocentric latitude of a point to be ϕ=11°08’02.50”+(c+e)’ N using the parameters of Clarke’s Spheroid of 1866,
a) Compute the Reduced Latitude.
b) Compute the Geodetic Latitude.
c) Compute the Radius of the Prime Vertical.
d) Compute the Radius of the Meridian.

6. The difference of coordinates between A and B are: ΔX=8923.218+a, ΔY=6144.1342+d, ΔZ=1038.7284+e. The geocentric
coordinates of Point A are: X=-3,650,710.1317, Y=5,084,491.4046, Z=1,221,368.3667.
a) Find the geocentric coordinates of B.
b) What is the geodetic Latitude of B?
c) What is the Longitude of B?
d) What is the Ellipsoidal Height of B?

7. Given this Field Data:

Station Station South Azimuth Horizontal
Occupied Observed Distance
BLLM # 1 P1 296°42’12”+10e” 169.413m
P1 P2 200°55’40”+10d” 197.482m
P2 P3 313°09’02”+10c” 355.624m
P3 P4 288°06’07”+10b” 251.620m
P4 BLLM # 5 277°35’24”+10a” 241.383m
Note: BLLM 1 1232654.226+d N 563898.045+e E BLLM 5 1232409.276+d N 564857.792+e E
a) Compute the adjusted coordinates of P1 using Transit Rule.
b) Compute the adjusted coordinates of P2 using Transit Rule.
c) Compute the adjusted coordinates of P3 using Transit Rule.
d) Compute the adjusted coordinates of P4 using Transit Rule.
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