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EQUIPMENTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR PLANE TABLING
9
The following instruments are used in plane table surveying.
1. Equipments
2. Plane Table
3. Tripod
4. Alidade
EQUIPMENTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR PLANE
TABLING
10
• Trough Compass
• Spirit level
• U-Fork with Plumb
bob
• Water proof cover
• Drawing paper
• Pins
• Drawing accessories
ACCESSORIES
11
Trough Compass:
• The trough compass is required for drawing the line showing
magnetic meridian on the paper. It is used to orient the table
to the magnetic meridian.
• When the freely suspended needle shows 00 at each end, a
line is drawn on the drawing paper which represents the
magnetic north.
MAJOR ADVANTAGES OF PLANE TABLE SURVEYING
• The plan is drawn by the surveyor himself while the area to
be surveyed is before his eyes. Therefore, there is no
possibility of omitting the necessary measurements.
• The surveyor Can compare the plotted work with the actual
features of the area.
12
METHOD OF SETTING UP THE PLANE TABLE
• Three processes are involved in setting up the plane table over the
station.
• Leveling
• Centering
• Orientation
13
LEVELING AND CENTERING
14
• The Table should be set up at convenient height for working on
the board, say about 1 m. The legs of Tripod should be spread
well apart and firmly into the ground
LEVELING AND CENTERING
15
• The table should be so placed over the station on the ground
that the point plotted on the sheet corresponding to the station
occupied should be exactly over the station on the ground. The
operation is known as centering the plane table. It is done by U-
fork and plumb bob.
• For leveling the table ordinary spirit level may be used. The
table is leveled by placing the level on the board in two positions at
right angles and getting the bubble central in both directions.
ORIENTATION
16
• The Process by which the positions occupied by the board at
various survey stations are kept parallel is known as the
orientation. Thus, when a plane table is properly oriented, the
lines on the board are parallel to the lines on ground which they
represent.
• There are two methods of orientation:
• By magnetic needle
• By back sighting
• In this method, the magnetic north is drawn on paper at a
particular station. At the next station, the trough compass is placed
along the line of magnetic north and the table is turned in such
a way that the ends of magnetic needle are opposite to zeros of
the scale.
• The board is then fixed in position by clamps. This method is
inaccurate in the since that the results are likely to be affected by
the local attraction.
MAGNETIC NEEDLE
17
BY BACK SIGHTING
• B=Second survey station
• Suppose a line is drawn from station A on paper as ab,
representing line ABon ground
• The table is turned till the line of sight bisects the ranging
rod at A. The
• board is then clamped in this position.
• This method is better than the previous one and it gives
perfect orientation.
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  • 9. EQUIPMENTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR PLANE TABLING 9 The following instruments are used in plane table surveying. 1. Equipments 2. Plane Table 3. Tripod 4. Alidade
  • 10. EQUIPMENTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR PLANE TABLING 10 • Trough Compass • Spirit level • U-Fork with Plumb bob • Water proof cover • Drawing paper • Pins • Drawing accessories
  • 11. ACCESSORIES 11 Trough Compass: • The trough compass is required for drawing the line showing magnetic meridian on the paper. It is used to orient the table to the magnetic meridian. • When the freely suspended needle shows 00 at each end, a line is drawn on the drawing paper which represents the magnetic north.
  • 12. MAJOR ADVANTAGES OF PLANE TABLE SURVEYING • The plan is drawn by the surveyor himself while the area to be surveyed is before his eyes. Therefore, there is no possibility of omitting the necessary measurements. • The surveyor Can compare the plotted work with the actual features of the area. 12
  • 13. METHOD OF SETTING UP THE PLANE TABLE • Three processes are involved in setting up the plane table over the station. • Leveling • Centering • Orientation 13
  • 14. LEVELING AND CENTERING 14 • The Table should be set up at convenient height for working on the board, say about 1 m. The legs of Tripod should be spread well apart and firmly into the ground
  • 15. LEVELING AND CENTERING 15 • The table should be so placed over the station on the ground that the point plotted on the sheet corresponding to the station occupied should be exactly over the station on the ground. The operation is known as centering the plane table. It is done by U- fork and plumb bob. • For leveling the table ordinary spirit level may be used. The table is leveled by placing the level on the board in two positions at right angles and getting the bubble central in both directions.
  • 16. ORIENTATION 16 • The Process by which the positions occupied by the board at various survey stations are kept parallel is known as the orientation. Thus, when a plane table is properly oriented, the lines on the board are parallel to the lines on ground which they represent. • There are two methods of orientation: • By magnetic needle • By back sighting
  • 17. • In this method, the magnetic north is drawn on paper at a particular station. At the next station, the trough compass is placed along the line of magnetic north and the table is turned in such a way that the ends of magnetic needle are opposite to zeros of the scale. • The board is then fixed in position by clamps. This method is inaccurate in the since that the results are likely to be affected by the local attraction. MAGNETIC NEEDLE 17
  • 18. BY BACK SIGHTING • B=Second survey station • Suppose a line is drawn from station A on paper as ab, representing line ABon ground • The table is turned till the line of sight bisects the ranging rod at A. The • board is then clamped in this position. • This method is better than the previous one and it gives perfect orientation. 18