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    1. This document provides instructions for determining the area of a rectilinear field using only a steel tape, chaining pins, range poles, and hubs. The field is first subdivided into a series of connected triangles. Distances and angles are then measured to calculate the area of each triangle using trigonometric formulas. The total area is calculated by summing the individual triangle areas.

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    Determining Area of A Rectilinear Field by Tape

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    1. This document provides instructions for determining the area of a rectilinear field using only a steel tape, chaining pins, range poles, and hubs. The field is first subdivided into a series of connected triangles. Distances and angles are then measured to calculate the area of each triangle using trigonometric formulas. The total area is calculated by summing the individual triangle areas.

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    1. This document provides instructions for determining the area of a rectilinear field using only a steel tape, chaining pins, range poles, and hubs. The field is first subdivided into a series of connected triangles. Distances and angles are then measured to calculate the area of each triangle using trigonometric formulas. The total area is calculated by summing the individual triangle areas.

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    Determining Area of A Rectilinear Field by Tape

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    1. This document provides instructions for determining the area of a rectilinear field using only a steel tape, chaining pins, range poles, and hubs. The field is first subdivided into a series of connected triangles. Distances and angles are then measured to calculate the area of each triangle using trigonometric formulas. The total area is calculated by summing the individual triangle areas.

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    The key takeaways are that the area of a rectilinear field can be determined by subdividing it into triangles and measuring side lengths and angles to calculate individual triangle areas, which are then summed to get the total area. Angles are measured using the chord method with a tape, while side lengths are directly measured with the tape.

    The area of a rectilinear field is determined by subdividing it into a series of connected triangles, measuring the side lengths and included angles of each triangle, and using those measurements to calculate the individual triangle areas using the area of a triangle formula. The total area is then calculated by summing the individual triangle areas.

    The formula used to calculate the area of a triangle given two side lengths and the included angle is: Area of a triangle = (1/2)(a)(b)SinC, where a and b are the two measured side lengths and C is the included angle.

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    Series 1 Series 2 Series 3

    FIELDWORK EXERCISE NO. 4


    DETERMINING AREA OF A RECTILINEAR FIELD BY TAPE

    Objectives:
    a) . To learn how to measure horizontal angles with tape.
    b) To determine the area of a rectilinear field with tape.

    INSTRUMENTS & ACCESSORIES: Steel Tape, Chaining Pins, Range Poles, and Hubs
    or Pegs.

    A. PROCEDURE:

    1. Establish the corners of the assigned field and also establish within the field a
    centrally-located point.

    2. Subdivide the field into a convenient series of connected triangles (refer to


    accompanying figure). Use pegs, hubs, or pins to mark the vertices of each triangle.
    Call these points A, B, C and etc.

    3. From the centrally-located point, measure distances to each point defining the
    corners or vertices of each triangle. Call these distances d1, d2 and etc.

    4. Using the chord method of measuring angles by tape, determine all the angles
    about the central point, I.e., 1 , 2 and etc.

    Fig. 4-3. A field subdivided into triangles.

    5. Refer to the accompanying sample tabulation for the recording of observed field data.
    B. COMPUTATIONS:

    1. Determining Values of Included Angles.

    With the use of a tape the chord method of measuring angles may be applied to
    determine the value of an angle. The following formula is used

    θ d/2
    sin
    2 L
    =

    Where:
    θ = angle whose value is desired
    d = measured chord distance
    L = any convenient length of tape
    swung through an arc

    Fig. 4-4. Chord method of measuring angles.

    INCLUDED CHOR2 LENGTH COMPUTED ADJUSTED


    CORR
    ANGLE D DIST OF SIDE ANGLE ANGLE
    30.10 m 25 m 74° 1’ 35.56” 3° 18’ 2.14” 77° 19’ 37.7”
    Θ1
    27.5 m 26 m 63° 51’ 18.2” 3° 18’ 2.14” 67°9’ 20.34”
    Θ2
    28 m 27 m 62° 27’ 57.09” 3° 18’ 2.14” 65° 45’ 59.23”
    Θ3
    31.6 m 26.5 m 73° 12’ 0.79” 3° 18’ 2.14” 76° 31’ 2.93”
    Θ4
    32.1 m 28 m 69° 56’ 57.65” 3° 18’ 2.14” 73° 14’ 59.79”
    Θ5

    - SOLUTIONS -
    2. Determining Area of Each Triangle

    In each triangle, since the length of two sides and the included angle can be
    determined, the area of the triangle may be calculated by the following formula

    Area of a triangle = ( 1 / 2 ) ( a ) ( b ) 𝐒 𝐢 n C

    Where:

    A = area of the triangle


    a,b = the two measured sides of the triangle ( or d1, d2, etc)
    C = included angle ( or 1 , 2 , 3 , 𝑒 )

    SIDES INCLUDED
    TRIANGLE AREA
    1st 2nd AREA
    ABC 25 26 77° 19’ 37.7” 317.08 m²

    BCF 26 27 67°9’ 20.34” 323.47 m²

    CDF 27 26.5 65° 45’ 59.23” 326.23 m²

    DEF 26.5 28 76° 31’ 2.93” 360.78 m²

    AEF 28 25 73° 14’ 59.79” 335.15 m²

    - SOLUTIONS -
    3. Calculating the Total Area

    The total area of the field is the sum of the calculated areas of the series
    of connected triangles into which the field is subdivided, or

    At= A1 + A2 + A3 + A4 + A5

    Where:
    At = total area of the field, and A1,
    A2, and etc., are areas of
    individual triangles.

    -SOLUTIONS-
    C. REMARKS, HINTS & PRECAUTIONS:

    1. Determining areas of rectilinear fields by tape is a slow process and is not


    advisable when large areas are involved.

    2. This method of field survey was widely used before instruments for
    measuring angles were built.

    3. The accuracy of the values obtained by this procedure is dependent on


    the size of the angle, on the care with which the points are set on line, and on
    the accuracy of the measured lengths.

    4. Experience will show that with reasonable care the value of an angle
    determined by tape measurements would agree with the value obtained with
    a transit within one to three minutes.

    5. All distances from the centrally-located point of the field to the different
    corners should be measured twice and the mean recorded as its actual
    length.

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