Author: Prabhu TL.
Magnetic Bearing
It is termed as a survey line makes angle with respect to the magnetic meridian. It changes from location to location and…
How To Calculate True Bearing From Magnetic Bearing
If the magnetic declination at a place at the time of observation is known, the true bearing of a line…
Fore Bearing and Back Bearing in Surveying
Bearings measured in the direction of progress of the survey are known as fore bearing and bearings measured opposite to…
Bearing in Surveying
In this post, we are going to discuss about the bearing in surveying and its designation. The direction of a…
Errors in Chain Surveying – Types and Causes
The errors formed in chaining can be either cumulative error and compensating error. The errors can be considered either as a negative…
Incorrect Chain in Surveying – Error & Correction
If the chain that is employed for measuring length is not equal to the true length, then the length measured…
Indirect Ranging
Indirect ranging is employed when the two points are not intervisible or the two points are at a long distance.…
Direct Ranging
Direct ranging is the ranging conducted when the intermediate points are intervisible. Direct ranging can be performed by eye or with…
Ranging Out Survey Lines
While measuring the survey lines, the chain or the tape has to be stretched along the survey line along that…
Plane table survey
Plane table survey is that type of survey in which the measurement of survey lines of the transverse a of…
Levelling and Principle of leveling
Levelling may be defined as the art of determining the relative height or elevants of points or objects on the earth’s…