COMPLETE YOUR
SAFETY TRAINING
Reminder: Quiz 1 is next lab.
LAB 2
Field Notes, Pacing, & Odometer Wheel
Importance of Field Notes
 Many aspects of surveying have legal ramifications
 Assume all material you put into a field notebook could be
used as a court document
 Can be used to prove if you have done something
incorrect
 professionalism and accuracy are paramount.
 The type of field work dictates what field notes you need
Basic Rules of Field Notes
 Typically horizontally
lined page on the left
and graph line on the
right
 Generally certain types
of information is
placed on either page
 Need to be organized
and legible. Don’t cram
notes.
Wheel Odometer
■ A wheel odometer converts the number of revolutions of a wheel of known
circumference to a distance. Lengths measured by an odometer on a vehicle are
suitable for some preliminary survey in route-location work.
Required Field Notes for this week
 All items listed on your handout except surveying group
 Read through all items before turning in work
Entrance wall of Engineering Complex
Google map
Entrance walls
Entrance wall
 The Entrance wall needs to be removed for grading
to improve drainage conditions. The contractor
wants to be able to place the Entrance wall back in
the same location.
 It is up to you to create an as-built drawing, using
pacing and odometer wheel, for the Entrance wall to
be placed again
Lab Requirements
 Field notes
 have paper landscape style and draw a line down the middle to
create the left and right sides of the page
 Write with the holes of paper up.
 Record the required field notes on the appropriate side of the
page
 Need two reference point or “tie in”; to the SW corner of
Engineering Complex.
 Data table
 Site plan
Tie in
Tie in
Google map
Example
 Be sure to fold
paper in half and
use the left and
right side
 Example doesn’t
show the paper
folded, make sure
you do!
 Never put dimensions on a site
plan
 Label each element and
corner so that dimensions can
be recorded in a data table
 North arrow
 Scale (can be not to scale)
 Label all buildings
 Use extension lines on
sidewalks to show that they
continue
 It is easier to
label similar
elements with
the same letter
 All lengths
need to be
shown in
paces and also
to the nearest
0.01’
Detailed drawing
Grading
Neatness/ Format
Site plan and detail drawings
Data Table
Participation
Field Notes
%
20
20
20
20
20