SURVEYING
LABORATORY
CE120-03F
FIELD WORK NO. 1
PACING ON LEVEL GROUND
Name:
Student No.:
Group No.:
Date of Field work:
Date of Submission:
Professor:
GROUP NO. ______
MEMBERS:
FIELD WORK NO. 1
PACING ON LEVEL GROUND
OBJECTIVES:
1. To obtain individual pace factor.
2. To determine an unknown distance by individual pacing.
INSTRUMENTS:
1. 2 range poles or equivalent
2. chalk (for pavements)/ 2 marking pins (for soft ground) or any marker
3. Meter tape or any measuring tool
PROCEDURES:
A) Determination of Individual Pace Factor (P.F.)
1. The student measures and designates 30m to 50m or whichever is applicable
inside the campus but the longest straight path on a level. (Remember to remove
the tape while the students will be pacing on the course to prevent them from
using the tape as a basis for a straight course.)
2. The ends of the assigned course are marked with either hubs or marking pins or,
by chalk marks if on pavements or any marker. Designate the points as A and B.
3. Set or hold range poles or equivalent behind points A and B or outside the course
AB. These poles will aid the students to travel in a straight path.
4. Each student should take pacing the course from A to B starting with heel or toe
over A, keeping their eyes focus on the range pole or equivalent behind point B to
keep themselves on a straight path. One has to walk in their natural unaffected
manner and has to keep counting their number of paces for the entire course
being covered. A partial pace at the end of the course should be figured out to the
nearest one fourth of a pace. Record this as the number of paces for Trial No.1
5. For Trial No.2, the student should walk from B to A in the same manner as in the
first trial.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the subsequent trials to comply with the number of trials
required by the professor.
7. Data should be entered in the preliminary data sheet.
B. Determination of an unknown distance of the assigned course by pacing
1. The student marks the ends of a level course to be paced
2. Range poles or equivalent are to be set up outside the level course to straighten
the path of the student.
3. Each student paces the course with the minimum number of trials as required,
recording the number of paces for each trial.
4. The professor, after all field notes shall have been submitted, will instruct the
students to make an actual taping of the course to determine its actual taped
distance.
