Educating Students with Land Surveying
Tomas U. Ganiron · International Journal of Education and Learning · 2015
This descriptive research focuses on the role of land surveying in the development of an architectural plan starting at the initial architectural sketch through the detailed engineering planning which will leads smoothly to the construction phase. It comprises a leveling network that has been established and all points have been described completely. Parameters such as horizontal distance, horizontal angles and elevation differences between all points were measured through many closed leveling loops using theodolite (Leica Builder 300), tape measure & wheels (steel tape) and stave (leveling rod). The observations were used in a mathematical model and processed by traverse adjustment techniques. It is essential to check the error of closure for interior angles and for both latitude and departure before applying the double meridian distance (DMD) method to obtain the required area of the land. The adjusted unknowns and observations were computed precisely to about a few millimeters accuracy. Technical descriptions of the land such as distance, bearing, boundaries and area are necessary to visualize the shape & exact location of the land.