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Lecture 2

Lecture 2. Field Note Book. Surveying Field Notes. Required readings: 2-6 to 2-11 Suggested readings: 2-12 to 2-15 Hand written field notes Office personnel may not be the field surveyors Field notes are legal documents Requirements: Accuracy: most important

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Lecture 2

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  1. Lecture 2 Field Note Book

  2. Surveying Field Notes • Required readings: 2-6 to 2-11 • Suggested readings: 2-12 to 2-15 • Hand written field notes • Office personnel may not be the field surveyors • Field notes are legal documents • Requirements: • Accuracy: most important • Integrity: complete, do not erase • Legibility • Arrangement: forms appropriate to task • Clarity: avoid crowded pages, plan in advance, good sketches

  3. Field Note Rules • Erasures not allowed: cross out and type void • Use a sharp 3-H pencil: no ball-point, no softer pencil • Originals recorded on site: copies marked : “ copy” • Job not finished in a day: every new day marked “cont” • Must be water proof • We will use a collection of sketches, tables, and descriptions

  4. Arrangements of Notes • Depend on departmental standards • First left page: a title that may extend to right page, and tables • Right page: • Project name and location. • Date, starting and finishing time. • Weather: temperature, wind, visibility, rain,.. • Party members with their duties: chief, recorder, observer, rod-person,..Symbols are ok • Instrument type and SN • A sketch, north arrow, descriptions,.. • Signatures: lower right corner

  5. Note Books, Cont. • A new day: a new left and right page with all the information updated. “Cont.” On all the pages. • Do not tear off any page. • Mention the floor condition: concrete, soft, grass,.. • Examples: textbook Appendix B.

  6. Electronic Data Collectors • Recommended readings • Different types • Advantages and disadvantages

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