DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-DASMARINAS

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL AND SANITARY ENGINEERING PROGRAMS

CEET 212: FUNDAMENTALS OF SURVEYING 1 FIELD

FIRST SEM SY 2023-2024
Engr. Dolphy F Fadriquela

Name: ___________________________________________
Section: ____________
Date Performed: _________________
Date Submitted: _________________

FIELD WORK NO. 1

PACING
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Gospel Devotion

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
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Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for
this is the whole duty of man.
14For God shall bring every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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See Video on Pacing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5eoA9bac8
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Objectives:

A) To determine individual pace factor

B) To determine a distance by pacing

Definitions:
1. Pace - the length one step
2. Stride – equivalent to two paces or double step.
3. Pacing – process of walking the distance and counting the number of steps "paces" to
cover the distance. 

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 4. Pace factor - ratio of the measured distance in the number of paces made by an individual
to cover the measured distance. It is determined by dividing the measured length of a line
by the mean number of paces.
5. Paced distance – the length of a course as determined by pacing
6. Taping - the linear measurement of the horizontal distance between two points using
a surveyor's tape.
7. Discrepancy – the difference between any two measurements involving the same line.
8. Relative precision – the ratio between the discrepancy and the measured length, and
where the numerator is reduced to tone.

Surveying accessories: Surveyor’s tape, and marking pins.

A) To determine individual pace factor

Procedures:
1. Layout a straight line on level ground and establish markers on both ends of the line at
least 40 meters apart. Mark these points as A and B.
2. Start walking on a straight line over the course at a natural pace with either heel to heel
or toe to toe from point A to point B.
3. Repeat procedure No. 2 to complete five trials. Tabulate the results.

DATA:

TRIAL LINE TAPED NUMBER MEAN PACE

    DIST(m) OF PACES NO. OF PACES FACTOR
1 AB 40.00 60.00    
2 BA 40.00 60.50    
3 AB 40.00 60.75    
4 BA 40.00 61.00    
5 AB 40.00 60.25    

Mean number of paces =

∑ of number of paces
number of trials

Write the result in column 5 of the above table.

Taped distance
Pace factor =
meannumber of paces

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Write the result in column 6 of the above table.

Computations:

B) To determine a distance by Pacing

Procedures:
1. Establish the end points of another level course and mark it C and D. The distance of CD
is to be determined by pacing.
2. Start walking on a straight line over the course at a natural pace from point C to point D.
3. Repeat procedure No. 2 until five trials are completed. Tabulate the results.

DATA:

TRIALS LINE NO. OF MEAN PACED TAPED RELATIVE

PRECISIO
    PACES   DIST(m) DIST(m) N
1 CD 42.00      
2 DC 43.00  32.42m 32.33m  1/359
3 CD 42.75      
4 DC 42.50      

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 5 CD 42.25      

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4. Compute the mean number of paces and write it in column 4 of the above table.
5. Compute the paced distance.

Paced distance = mean x pace factor (previously determined in objective A).

Write the result in column 5 of the above table.

6. After the field data is recorded (above table) make an actual taping of line CD by using
the tape. In our data, the tape distance was recorded to be 28.61m (column 6). This is the
measured length of line CD using the tape.

7. As you will notice, there is a discrepancy between the taped distance of line CD and the
paced distance of line CD. This discrepancy is called error.

8. Determine the error.

Error = taped distance – paced distance

9. Compute the relative precision. Relative precision refers to the accuracy of the
measurement. It is the ratio between the error to actual distance of the line. The actual
distance is he taped distance.

From the above computed data:

taped dist− paced dis

Relative precision = taped dist

*Note: Reduce the numerator to unity so that relative precision will the form of
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(e.g. )
1500
This means that the error of our measurement is 1 meter for every 1500 meter.
You can do it by dividing the numerator by itself and dividing the denominator by
the numerator.

10. Tabulate the result in the last column.

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Figures:

Problem:

In five trials of walking along a 90 m course on a relatively level ground, a student

for survey party counted 51, 52.5, 51.5. 52.5, and 51.5 strides. He then started
walking an unknown distance XY in four trials which were recorded as follows:
88.5, 89, 88, and 87 strides. Determine the following:

a) Pace factor of the student

b) Length of line XY
c) Percentage error of the measurement if the taped length of XY is 150.50m
d) Relative precision of the measurement.
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Observation and experience: