BICOL STATE COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Biscast 98, Peñafancia Avenue, Naga City 4400

Fieldwork No. 2
MEASURING
OBSTRUCTED DISTANCE
BY TAPE ONLY

Submitted to:
Engr. Philip Pejo Melante
Instructor

Submitted by:
Mark Christian V. Vargas
Student

BSCE 2A

November 17, 2023

 Fieldwork No. 2
MEASURING OBSTRUCTED DISTANCE BY TAPE ONLY

Objective:
To learn the methods of measuring a distance indirectly with the use of tape

Location:
Any place with level and clear ground surface

Instruments needed:
 2 range pole
 1 steel/plastic tape
 4 marking pins
 Stakes hubs

Procedure:
I. The terminal points are not intervisible

A. By similar triangle method:

1. Drive two hubs on the ground and designate them as points A and
B with distance obstructed or assumed to be obstructed.
2. Set a third point C which will form a triangle with points A and B.
3. With the use of the tape, measure distance AC and BC.
4. Set point D in between and in line with AC with a known distance
from C. Set point E in between and in line with BC with a distance
equal to BC(CD)/AC from point C.
5. Measure distance DE.
6. By proportion: AB= DE(AC)/CD or DE(BC)/CE.

B. By Cosine method:

1. Use the same points A, B, and C of letter A

2. Record again the distances of AC and BC.
3. Using point C as center and a radius equal to 10 meters, set points
D and E which are the intersections with line AC and BC
respectively
4. Measure distance DE
5. Compute: Angle ACB by sine function : sin ½ ACB = DE(1/2) /10
= DE/20.
6. By cosine law: AB2 =AC2 +BC2 -2(AC)(BC)cos angle ACB.
 II. The two terminal points are intervisible

A. By the Similar triangle method

1. Utilize the same points A and B of I.A

2. With the use of tape by the 3-4-5 method, establish a line
perpendicular to AB from point B and set a point C at this second
line.
3. From point C, establish a line perpendicular to BC on the opposite
direction of point A and set point D at this 3rd line.
4. On the line BC set point E at the intersection with the line AD.
5. Determine the distances of BE, CE, and CD with the use of the
tape.
6. By proportion: AB = BE(CD) / CE.

B. By offset method

1. Utilize the same points A and B of I.A.

2. With the use of the tape by the 3-4-5 method, establish a line
perpendicular to AB from point A and one from point B.
3. Set points A1 and B1 at the perpendicular lines with 10, 15, 0r 20
m. depending upon the situation from points A and B respectively.
4. Determine distance A1B1.
5. AB equals A1B1
Group No. 3 Location: Student Pavilion
Date: 09-01-2023
Weather Condition: Sunny and Windy
Members:
1. Alejandro, Lemuel Paul J.
2. Boncodin, Vaneza A.
3. Francisco, Abegail N.
4. Marpuri, Jocelyn M.
5. Vargas, Mark Christian V.

Tabulation and Computation of Data:

I. The two terminal points are not intervisible

A. Similar Triangle method

Field Measurement Computed

Line Length (m) Line Length (m)
AC 31.07 DE 7.21
BC 129.58 AB 133.16 or 133.47
CD 1.68
CE 7
 Solution for Line DE:
DE=√ CD 2+ CE 2
DE=√ (1.68)2 +(7)2
DE=7.2 m

Solution for Line AB:

DE (AC )
AB=
CD
(7.2 m)(31.07 m)
AB=
1.68 m
AB=133.16 m

DE (BC )
AB=
CE
7.21 ( 129.58 )
AB=
7
AB=133.47 m

B. Cosine method

Field Measurement Computed

Line Length (m) Line Length
AC 31.07 AB 133.41
BC 129.58
DE 14.18
CE 10
CD 10

sin ⁡( 12 ACB )= DE
20

sin ⁡(
2 )
ACB 14.18
=
20
'
∠ ACB=90 ° 18 26
AB = AC 2 +BC 2−2 ( AC ) ( BC ) cosC
2

AB=√ (31.07)2 +(129.58)2 −2 ( 31.07 )( 129.58 ) cos ⁡¿ ¿

AB=133. 41 m

II. The two terminal points are intervisible

A. Similar triangle method

Field Measurement Computed

Line Length (m) Line Length
BE 4.5 AE 12.81m
CE 9
CD 12
DE 15
 Solution for Line AE:
AE=√ BE 2+ AB 2
AE=√ (4.5)2+(12)2
AE=12.81 m

B. Offset method

Field Measurement
Line Length
AB 15
AB’=A’B 12
B’B 9

Solution for Line A’B’:

A' B' = √ ( A ' B)2 +( B' B)2

A' B' = √ (12)2 +9 2

' '
A B =15
AB=A’B’

Sketches:
SIMILAR TRIANGLE METHOD (I) SIMILAR TRIANGLE METHOD (II)
OFFSET METHOD (II)

Remarks/Findings:
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