Plane surveying - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What do surveyors do? - Answer-take and analyze measurements What do surveyors measure? - Answer-measure distance, angles, and positions How do plane surveys and geodetic surveys differ? - Answer-Plane surveying: the surface of the earth is considered as plane and the curvature of the earth is neglected. Most of engineering and property surveys are considered plane surveys. Geodetic surveys: the curvature of the earth is considered. Geodetic surveys used for traditional surveys like na...

Fundamentals of Surveying Exam 1surveying - correct answer the art or science of measuring distances, angles, and positions, on or near the surface of the earth vertical exaggeration - correct answer horizontal scale over vertical scale plane surveying - correct answer type of surveying in which the surface of the earth is considered to be a plane for all X and Y dimensions. Geodetic Surveying - correct answer type of surveying in which the earth is considered to be ellipsoidal for X an...

Full form of LEED correct answer: Leadership in Energy and Environmental design Topography Survey deals in the measurement of building when built correct answer: False Preliminary Survey deals in detailed data collection correct answer: True In Leveling Operation correct answer: -an instrument is being shifted the staff must not be moved -when the staff is being carried forward the instrument must remain stationary In Leveling operation correct answer: The line commences with ...

Topographic surveys determine locations of natural and artificial features and elevations used in map making. Land, boundary, and cadastral surveys establish property lines and property corner markers. The term cadastral is now generally applied to surveys of the public lands systems. Hydrographic surveys define shorelines and depths of lakes, streams, oceans, reservoirs, and other bodies of water. Sea surveying associated with port and offshore industries and the marine...

Surveying Test 2Leveling - correct answer procedure for determining differences in elevation between points that are some distance from each other. elevation - correct answer the vertical distance above or below reference datum. vertical line - correct answer a line from the surface of the earth to the earth's center. also referred as a plumb line or a line of gravity level line - correct answer a line in a level surface. level surface is best visualized as being the surface of a large...

Control Survey: Lambert Projection correct answer: An imaginary cone is placed around the earth so that the apex of the cone is on the earth's axis of rotation above the North Pole, for northern hemisphere and below the South Pole for southern hemisphere projections. East west direction is relatively free from distortion in this method. Therefore, states longer in east-west direction are projected with this system, Scale is set for 158 miles of N/S distance in this method. Transverse Merc...

Coincident with - ANS Constant and continuous contact along a line. Adjacent to - ANS Lying near or close Adjoining - ANS Touching or contiguous Contiguous - ANS In close proximity. Near but not in contact. Or Close contact bounded and Traversed by. When surveying the west line of section 36, you should - ANS Complete enough survey work for the east Line of section 36 to establish the range line. Regarding survey information, what would ...

Surveying Exam 3Surveyors Measure - correct answer Horizontal angles, vertical angles, horizontal distances, slope distances, vertical distances, elevation differences Leveling - correct answer way to determine elevation of points, differences in elevation Leveling produces data for - correct answer Mapping, construction, Engineering design Vertical Line - correct answer Line that follows the local direction of gravity as indicted by a plumb line Level Surface - correct answer Curved...

Land SurveyingSurveying - correct answer the art of taking field measurements on or near the surface of the Earth Plane Surveying - correct answer ignores the curvature of the Earth for horizontal dimensions Geodetic Surveys - correct answer Curved (ellipsoidal) shape of the Earth Total Station - correct answer distances and angles (electronically), computation of x, y, z position and electronic storage of data. Theodolite - correct answer horizontal and vertical angles and alignment...

Surveying FinalThe conformity of a measurement to the "true" Value. - correct answer Accuracy post construction survey that confirms design execution and records in-progress revisions - correct answer as-built (final) survey a surveyor's level in which line of sight is maintained automatically in the horizontal plane, once the instrument is roughly leveled - correct answer automatic level the direction of a line, measured clockwise (usually) from North meridian - correct answer azimu...