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Area of Closed Traverse

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College of Engineering (COE)

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE)

“CE 211 – FUNDAMENTALS OF SURVEYING”

AREA OF CLOSED TRAVERSE


Latitude of any line – is the projection on a north and south lines. It may be called as north or positive latitude
and south or negative latitude.
Departure of any line – is the projection on the east and west lines. West departure is sometimes called negative
departure and east departure is sometimes called positive departure.
B

Latitude
Departure
A

Error of closure – in any closed traversed, there is always an error. No survey is geometrically perfect, until
proper adjustments are made. For a closed traversed, the sum of north and south latitudes should always be
zero.
BALANCING A SURVEY:

Compass Rule – the correction to be applied to the latitude or departure of any course is to the total correction
in latitude or departure as the length of the course is to the length of the traverse.
Transit Rule – the correction to be applied to the latitude or departure of any courses is to the total correction in
latitude or departure as the latitude or departure of course is to the arithmetical sum of all the latitudes or
departures in the traverse without regards to sign.

SAMPLE PROBLEMS:
SITUATION: From the field notes of a closed traverse shown below, adjust the traverse.

LINES BEARING DISTANCES (m)


AB Due North 400.00
BC N 45000’ E 800.00
CD S 60000’ E 700.00
DE S 20000’ W 600.00
EA S 86059’ W 966.34

a) Determine the corrected Departure of each line (Using Compass Rule & Transit Rule)
b) Determine the corrected Latitude of each line (Using Compass Rule & Transit Rule)
c) Determine the linear error of closure and its bearing
d) Determine the relative error or precision

SITUATION: A closed traverse has the following data:


LINES BEARING DISTANCES (m)
AB ? 44.47
BC ? 137.84
CD N 1045’ E 12.83
DE N 72010’ E 64.86
EA S 48013 E 107.72

Find the value of the missing bearings.


SITUATION: A closed traverse has the following data:

LINES BEARING DISTANCES (m)


AB N47002’14” E 179.00
BC S 69 35’59” E
0 258.20
CD S 39035’17” W ?
DE S 87029’48” W ?
EA N 24048’09” W 145.41

Find the value of the missing distances.

COMPUTATION OF AREAS

Area by triangle method


Area by coordinates
Area by Double Meridian Distance (DMD)
Area by Double Parallel Distance (DPD) NOTE: 1 acre = 4047m2

SITUATION: From the field notes of a traverse shown below, adjust the traverse.

LINES BEARING DISTANCES (m)


AB Due North 400.00
BC N 45000’ E 800.00
CD S 60000’ E 700.00
DE S 20000’ W 600.00
EA S 86059’ W 966.34

Solve for the area of the traverse using;

a) Area by triangle method


b) Area by coordinates
c) Area by Double Meridian Distance (DMD)
d) Area by Double Parallel Distance (DPD)

INSTRUCTOR: ENGR. JUDY-ANN A. ESCUÑA

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