Thread: Surveying calculations

Hi,
I was wondering which would be the best way to perform the calculations on the attachment.A plot of land has been surveyed which gives the offset values from a straight boundary. Am I right in thinking drawing a sketch and then using simpsons rule,mid-ordinate or trapezoidal rule to get the area would be the way to go?

Thanks....Mark

Hello manich44

Originally Posted by manich44

Hi,
I was wondering which would be the best way to perform the calculations on the attachment.A plot of land has been surveyed which gives the offset values from a straight boundary. Am I right in thinking drawing a sketch and then using simpsons rule,mid-ordinate or trapezoidal rule to get the area would be the way to go?

Thanks....Mark

Yes.

Grandad

Hello, Mark!


If I read that table correctly, nothing fancy is needed.

Yes, I would make a sketch then use the area formula for trapezoids.

Code:

                      *
                  *   |
              *       |
          *   |       |
      *       |       |54.8
      |       |39.6   |
      |19.4   |       |
      |       |       |
      * - - - * - - - * - - -
         25      25

Formula: .


The first trapezoid has: .

. . Therefore: .

Thanks guys.