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1. The document provides solutions to photo scale problems involving calculating photo scales at different points, the average scale of a photograph, and the datum scale. Formulas used include point scale, average scale, and scale at mean sea level. 2. Given the horizontal distance between two points on the ground and their corresponding measurement on a photograph, the problem determines the scale of the photograph at the average ground elevation. 3. A third problem determines the scale of a photograph given the measurements of a drainage canal on the photograph and on a map with a known scale of 1:25,000.

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Sample Problem

1. The document provides solutions to photo scale problems involving calculating photo scales at different points, the average scale of a photograph, and the datum scale. Formulas used include point scale, average scale, and scale at mean sea level. 2. Given the horizontal distance between two points on the ground and their corresponding measurement on a photograph, the problem determines the scale of the photograph at the average ground elevation. 3. A third problem determines the scale of a photograph given the measurements of a drainage canal on the photograph and on a map with a known scale of 1:25,000.

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Source: HIGHER SURVEYING

By: Juny Pilapil La Putt


_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. PHOTO SCALE PROBLEM. The exposure station in the accompanying figure is 3048.00 m.
above mean sea level. The elevation of A is 76.20 m., and the elevation of B is 288.60 m. If the
focal length of the camera used is 153 mm., calculate the following:
a. photo scale at A c. average scale of the photograph
b. photo scale at B d. datum scale

Solution to problem “a”


Since it requires the scale of point A only, we will use the formula of Point scale.
𝑓
𝑃𝑆𝑝 =
𝐻 − ℎ𝑝
1𝑚
153 𝑚𝑚 1000 𝑚𝑚 0.153 𝑚
𝑃𝑆𝑝 = =
3048 𝑚 − 76.20 𝑚 2971.8 𝑚
To express the numerator as 1, divide the upper and lower value by the value of the numerator.
0.153/0.153
𝑃𝑆𝑝 =
2971.8/0.153
1
𝑃𝑆𝑝 =
19,423.53

Solution to problem “b”


Same process as to the above problem but this time its point B.
𝑓
𝑃𝑆𝑝 =
𝐻 − ℎ𝑝
1𝑚
153 𝑚𝑚 1000 𝑚𝑚 0.153 𝑚
𝑃𝑆𝑝 = =
3048 𝑚 − 228.60 𝑚 2819.40 𝑚

To express the numerator as 1, divide the upper and lower value by the value of the numerator.

0.153/0.153
𝑃𝑆𝑝 =
2819.40/0.153
1
𝑃𝑆𝑝 =
18,427.45
Source: HIGHER SURVEYING
By: Juny Pilapil La Putt
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Solution to problem “c”
Since it requires average scale, the formula that we will use is:
𝑓
𝑃𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑒 =
𝐻 − ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
First we need to compute the average elevation of A and B
ℎ𝐴 + ℎ𝐵
ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 =
2
76.20 + 228.60
ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 =
2
ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 = 152.40 𝑚.
Now that we already have the average elevation, we can now solve the 𝑃𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑒
1𝑚
𝑓 153 𝑚𝑚 1000 𝑚𝑚
𝑃𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑒 = =
𝐻 − ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 3048 𝑚 − 152.40 𝑚
0.153 𝑚
𝑃𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑒 =
2895.60 𝑚
To express the numerator as 1, divide the upper and lower value by the value of the numerator.
0.153/0.153
𝑃𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑒 =
2895.60/0.153
1
𝑃𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑒 =
18,925.49

Solution to problem “d”


𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑃𝐷)
𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 (𝑃𝑆) =
𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝐼𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝐺𝐷)
We will consider f as photo distance and H as ground distance
𝑓
𝑃𝑆𝑀𝑆𝐿 =
𝐻
153 𝑚𝑚
𝑃𝑆𝑀𝑆𝐿 =
3048 𝑚
1𝑚
153 𝑚𝑚 1000 𝑚𝑚
𝑃𝑆𝑀𝑆𝐿 =
3048 𝑚
0.153 𝑚
𝑃𝑆𝑀𝑆𝐿 =
3048 𝑚

To express the numerator as 1, divide the upper and lower value by the value of the numerator.
0.153/0.153
𝑃𝑆𝑀𝑆𝐿 =
3048/0.153
1
𝑃𝑆𝑀𝑆𝐿 =
19,921.57
Source: HIGHER SURVEYING
By: Juny Pilapil La Putt
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. PHOTO SCALE PROBLEM. The horizontal distance between two points on the ground was
measured as 1,575.00 m. If the corresponding line measures 15 cm on a vertical photograph,
determine the scale of the photograph at the average ground elevation of the line.
𝑃𝐷
𝑃𝑆 =
𝐺𝐷
15 cm
𝑃𝑆 =
1,575.00 m
1m
15 cm 100 cm 0.15 𝑚
𝑃𝑆 = =
1,575.00 m 1,575.00 m
0.15/0.15
𝑃𝑆 =
1,575.00/0.15
1
𝑃𝑆 =
10,500

3. PHOTO SCALE PROBLEM. On a vertical photograph the length of a drainage canal


measures 16 cm. on a map which is plotted to a scale of 1:25,000, the canal measures 10 cm.
Determine the scale of the photograph at the elevation of the canal.
For the photo we have:
𝑃𝐷
𝑃𝑆 =
𝐺𝐷
𝑃𝐷
𝐺𝐷 =
𝑃𝑆
For the map we have:
𝑀𝐷
𝑀𝑆 =
𝐺𝐷
𝑀𝐷
𝐺𝐷 =
𝑀𝑆
Combining both equations we have:
𝑃𝐷 𝑀𝐷
=
𝑃𝑆 𝑀𝑆
𝑃𝐷 𝑀𝑆
𝑃𝑆 =
𝑀𝐷
1
16 𝑐𝑚 25,000
𝑃𝑆 =
10 𝑐𝑚
16 𝑐𝑚 1
𝑃𝑆 =
10 𝑐𝑚 25,000
16
𝑃𝑆 =
250,000
16/16
𝑃𝑆 =
250,000/16
1
𝑃𝑆 =
15,625
Source: HIGHER SURVEYING
By: Juny Pilapil La Putt
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. GROUND DIMENSIONS PROBLEM. In problem 3 above, if a parcel of land measures 4.50
cm by 2.10 cm on the photograph, calculate the approximate ground dimensions of the parcel
and its area. (Dimensions in meters and Area in Hectares)
1
From the previous problem 𝑃𝑆 = 15,625

The problem ask for ground dimensions, so we need to get the corresponding ground
measurements of the given photo measurements.
Let, 𝑙 = 4.50 cm = photo length
𝑤 = 2.10 cm = photo width
𝐿 = ground length
𝑊 = ground width

𝑃𝐷 𝑙
𝑃𝑆 = =
𝐺𝐷 𝐿
𝑙
𝐿= = 𝑙 𝑃𝑆𝑅
𝑃𝑆
𝐿 = 4.50 𝑐𝑚 15,625
1𝑚
𝐿 = 70312.50 𝑐𝑚
100 𝑐𝑚
𝐿 = 703.125 𝑚.
𝑃𝐷 𝑤
𝑃𝑆 = =
𝐺𝐷 𝑊
𝑤
𝑊= = 𝑤 𝑃𝑆𝑅
𝑃𝑆
𝑊 = 2.10 𝑐𝑚 15,625
1𝑚
𝑊 = 32812.50 𝑐𝑚
100 𝑐𝑚
𝑊 = 328.125 𝑚.

Area of Rectangle = Length x Width


𝐴= 𝐿 𝑊
𝐴 = 703.125 𝑚. 328.125 𝑚.

𝐴 = 230712.891 𝑚2
1 ℎ𝑎
𝐴 = 230712.891 𝑚2
10,000 𝑚2
𝐴 = 23.071 ℎ𝑎.

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