ELEMENTARY SURVEYING FIELD

MANUAL

FIELD WORK 8
DETERMINATION OF THE HEIGHT
OF A REMOTE POINT
CE120-0F/B1

SUBMITTED BY:
NAME: Labayani, Karlsten Joseph C.
GROUP NO. 3

STUDENT NO. : 2013102241

CHIEF OF THE PARTY: Joya, Joselle Mariz A.

DATE OF FIELD WORK: 08/04/15

DATE: OF SUBMISSION: 08/12/15

SUBMITTED TO:
PROFESSOR: Engr. B. A. Cervantes

GRADE

GROUP NO. 3

CHIEF OF THE PARTY: Joya, Joselle Mariz A.

FIELD WORK 8
DETERMINATION OF THE HEIGHT OF A REMOTE POINT

OBJECTIVES:
1. To develop the skills in the vertical distance of a certain inaccessible
point using a single vertical plane using two planes, horizontal and
vertical.
2. To apply the knowledge learned in the analysis of right triangles in
determining the height of a remote point.
3. To learn how to read vertical angle in the transit.
4. To have the confidence of working with ones party of group and to be
fully responsible in the performance of the assigned task
INSTRUMENTS:
1. Leveling rod

3. Theodolite

2. Chalk

4. Plumb bob

ORGANIZATION OF PARTY:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Chief Of Party (COP)

1- Instrument man
1-Surveyor
1 Recorder

PROCEDURE:
1. Set up the transit at a convenient location and call it point A where one can
see clearly the leveling rod the topmost part of the flagpole.
2. Using the normal form of the telescope, sight the topmost part of the
flagpole. Record the reading on the vertical circle, call it angle a.
3. For the second trial, use inverted telescope to view the remote point. This is
done to determine the index error of the instrument.
4. Get the mean of the two readings and record it as the mean of angle a or the
angle of elevation of the remote point from the first station.
5. Set the leveling rod vertically near the flagpole and level the telescope of the
transit. Sight the reading to get the height of the instrument on its initial
location.
6. Move the transit towards the flagpole and call it station B, the measure its
distance from its initial location. Record this as distance AB.

7. After leveling the transit, sight the top of the flagpole twice, again using the
normal and inverted position of the telescope for the two trials. Record the
two vertical angle readings. Determine the mean of the two readings and call
it mean angle b.
8. Level the telescope, and get the height of the instrument by sighting the
leveling rod at the base of the flagpole. This will represent the height of the
instrument on station b.
9. Analyze the two right triangles formed to determine the height of the remote
point.

FIELD WORK 8

DETERMINATION OF THE HEIGHT OF A REMOTE

POINT
DATE: 08/04/15
TIME: 12:00-4:30

GROUP NO.3
LOCATION: Intramuros

WEATHER: Sunny PROFESSOR: Engr. Cervantes

STATION

ANGLE

54 58

A
STATION

ANGLE

45 6

B
COMPUTATIONS

= 54 58

tan

= h1 / 14.5

tan 54 58

= h1 / 14.5

h1 = 20.68 m
h2 = 1.48 m
H = h 1 + h2
H = 22.16 m
= 45 6
tan

= h1 / 21

tan 45 6

= h1 / 21

h1 = 21.08 m
h2 = 1.48 m

MEAN
ANGLE

HEIGHT OF
INSTRUMENT

MEAN HEIGHT
OF
INSTRUMENT

1.48 m
MEAN
ANGLE

HEIGHT OF
INSTRUMENT

1.45 m

MEAN HEIGHT
OF
INSTRUMENT

H = h 1 + h2
H = 22.56 m
HC =

22.56+ 22.16
2

HC = 22.36 m

SKETCH

DISCUSSION
This fieldwork is all about the determination of the height of the remote
point. In this fieldwork, we have measured the height of the remote point by setting
up first the theodolite. Then, we sighted the topmost part of the flagpole and
determine its angle from the ground. After that, we measured for the height of the
theodolite in its initial location for us to compute for the height of the building to

its flagpole. This is the illustration about the trigonometric method that we did for
this fieldwork.

CONCLUSION
In this fieldwork, the thing that we must learn is on how to use the
theodolite. Its because it measures the angle of the building from the ground until
to the flagpole on its top portion. This develop the skills of the student in
measuring the height of the building to the flagpole using trigonometry. But that is
not yet the final height because the final height must be added to the height of the
instrument.
In our case, we have only one trial in each station in determining the angle
of elevation to the flagpole and the height of the instrument. This is because of the
lack of time that we had for this fieldwork and also because of the weather, which
is very sunny that when we exposed ourselves in the heat of the sun for a longer
time, our health will be affected. So, as you can see in the table, the mean angle
and the mean height of instrument is missing.
For this fieldwork, I recommend to learn the value of patience because it is
very hard to measure the angle of elevation to the flagpole and to measure the
height of the building to the flagpole. And also because of the sunny weather that

we had when we performed this fieldwork. I also recommend to be accurate in

measuring, because if the measurement is not that accurate, it can lead to a large
percent error. Some of the reasons of the human errors in measuring is the incorrect
way of using the instruments or carelessness in measuring.

PICTURES

We set up the theodolite and

read the measurements within
the instrument.

Here is the topmost part of the

building, which is the
flagpole, which is our guide
for us to determine the angle
of elevation