Scribd
Upload
4K views12 pages

Compass Rule: Adjustment of Bearing and Distance of A Closed Traverse

This document explains how to use the Compass Rule to adjust the bearings and distances of a closed traverse when the algebraic sums of the latitudes and departures are not equal to zero. It provides steps to compute corrections, adjust the latitudes and departures, and calculate the adjusted bearings and distances. The assignment at the end is to apply these steps to adjust a given closed traverse.

Uploaded by

Paula Patrisha Roxas
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
4K views12 pages

Compass Rule: Adjustment of Bearing and Distance of A Closed Traverse

This document explains how to use the Compass Rule to adjust the bearings and distances of a closed traverse when the algebraic sums of the latitudes and departures are not equal to zero. It provides steps to compute corrections, adjust the latitudes and departures, and calculate the adjusted bearings and distances. The assignment at the end is to apply these steps to adjust a given closed traverse.

Uploaded by

Paula Patrisha Roxas
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 12

COMPASS RULE

Adjustment of Bearing and Distance


of a Closed Traverse
ILLUSTRATION
Consider the given data below. Determine the
correct bearing and distance using the Compass
Rule.
STA
DIST. BEARING LATITUDE DEPARTURE
OCC. OBS.
A B 80.40 N 76° 00‘ E
B C 46.30 S 36° 00‘ E
C D 72.80 S 61° 00‘ W
D E 68.00 N 38° 00‘ W
SUM
STEP 1
• Compute for the Latitude and Departure and
determine their respective algebraic sum.
STA
DIST. BEARING LATITUDE DEPARTURE
OCC. OBS.
A B 80.40 N 76° 00‘ E 19.451 78.012
B C 46.30 S 36° 00‘ E -37.457 27.214
C D 72.80 S 61° 00‘ W -35.294 -63.672
D A 68.00 N 38° 00‘ W 53.585 -41.865
ALGEBRAIC SUM 0.285 -0.311

NOTE: If the algebraic sum of the latitude and departure is not equal to zero,
then it should be corrected.
STEP 2
• Using the formula below, compute for the correction
for each latitude and departure.

𝑑
𝑐𝑙/𝑑 = × 𝐶𝐿/𝐷
𝐷
Where:
c = correction for departure or latitude
d = distance of a line
D = perimeter or sum of all the distances of the
lines
C = algebraic sum of latitudes or departures
STEP 2
• Correction for Latitudes
d 80.40
AB: cl = × CL = × 0.285 = 0.0857
D 267.5
d 46.30
BC: cl = × CL = × 0.285 = 0.0493
D 267.5
d 72.80
CD: cl = × CL = × 0.285 = 0.0776
D 267.5
d 68.00
DA: cl = × CL = × 0.285 = 0.0724
D 267.5
STEP 2
• Correction for Departures
d 80.40
AB: cd = × CD = × 0.311 = 0.0935
D 267.5
d 46.30
BC: cd = × CD = × 0.311 = 0.0538
D 267.5
d 72.80
CD: cd = × CD = × 0.311 = 0.0846
D 267.5
d 68.00
DA: cd = × CD = × 0.311 = 0.0791
D 267.5
STEP 3
• Adjust each latitudes and departures. If the
algebraic sum of the latitudes or departure is
positive (+), then subtract the corrections,
otherwise add the corrections.
STEP 3
• Adjustment of the Latitudes
Since the algebraic sum of the latitudes is positive, then the
correction should be subtracted.

STA ADJUSTED
DIST. BEARING LATITUDE CORRECTION
OCC. OBS. LATITUDE
A B 80.40 N 76° 00‘ E 19.451 -0.0857 19.3653
B C 46.30 S 36° 00‘ E -37.457 -0.0493 -37.5063
C D 72.80 S 61° 00‘ W -35.294 -0.0776 -35.3716
D A 68.00 N 38° 00‘ W 53.585 -0.0724 53.5126
SUM 0.285 0
STEP 3
• Adjustment of the Departures
Since the algebraic sum of the departures is negative, then the
correction should be added.

STA ADJUSTED
DIST. BEARING DEPARTURE CORRECTION
OCC. OBS. DEPARTURE
A B 80.40 N 76° 00‘ E 78.012 +0.0935 78.1055
B C 46.30 S 36° 00‘ E 27.214 +0.0538 27.2678
C D 72.80 S 61° 00‘ W -63.672 +0.0846 -63.5874
D A 68.00 N 38° 00‘ W -41.865 +0.0791 -41.7859
SUM -0.311 0
STEP 4
• From the adjusted Latitudes and Departures,
compute for the Adjusted Bearing and
Distance for each line.

−1
Adj. Dep.
Adjusted Bearing = tan
Adj. Lat.

Adjusted Distance = Adj. Dep.2 + Adj. Lat.2


STEP 4
• Adjusted Distance and Adjusted Bearing
STA ADJUSTED ADJUSTED ADJUSTED
ADJUSTED BEARING
OCC. OBS. LATITUDE DEPARTURE DISTANCE
A B 19.3653 78.1055 80.4704 N 76° 04’30.07” E
B C -37.5063 27.2678 46.3708 S 36° 01’04.34” E
C D -35.3716 -63.5874 72.7634 S 60° 54’51.25” W
D A 53.5126 -41.7859 67.8945 N 37° 59’05.6” W
SUM
ASSIGNMENT
Determine the adjusted distance and bearing of the
closed traverse as shown below using COMPASS RULE.
Convert first each azimuths to bearing. Write your
solutions on a clean yellow paper.
STA
DIST. AZIM. NORTH LATITUDE DEPARTURE
OCC. OBS.
A B 233.10 122° 30'
B C 242.05 85° 15'
C D 191.50 20° 00'
D E 234.46 333° 35'
E F 270.65 254° 05'
F A 252.38 213° 00'
SUM

You might also like