APPENDIX V SAMPLE SURVEY FIELD NOTES

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APPENDIX V SAMPLE SURVEY FIELD NOTES Although some field notes are already explained in this training manual, these sample notes are presented so that you can see how the series of different field notes are indexed and arranged in a field notebook. Keeping good notes is not only an art, it is a science as well. Art will make your notes pretty to look at, but it will not make them correct or meaningful. You must decide, BEFORE YOU GO INTO THE FIELD, how you want to run your survey and how to record your observations. You must also have decided what information you must record in order to make your notes meaningful. Keep in mind that extraneous entries in your notes can do just as much harm as omission of pertinent data. Before making any entry in your notebook, make certain that the entry, whether a sketch, remark, or other information, is necessary and will contribute to the completeness of the notes. On the following pages are samples of the types of notes kept, not of how they must be kept. It is really the surveyor who determines what to record and how to do it. Usually the chief of the party prescribes how notes on his project are to be kept. Above all, decide on your notekeeping procedures and format before you go out on your survey. The headings, members of party, instrument identification, weather, and so forth, may all be entered before you leave the office. Figure AV-1 is a sample of the front page of a notebook. The front page is to be filled out as required by your unit. If possible, keep a separate book for each major project. Figure AV-2 is a sample index. The index pages of the notebook must reflect all projects, by page number, recorded in the book. REMEMBER: Always keep your index up to date. An example of recording horizontal measure- ment is shown in figure AV-3. To record taping problems, record distance measured (by parts of tapes, if measured) going from one station to the next. Record in the direction in which measured; that is, down for forward measurements, up for backward measurements. Do not forget the page check (fig. AV-4), which is to be made at the bottom of each page. If notes exceed one page, this check also must be made on the page where notes end, When you make a page check on direct level circuit, you check only the accuracy of the arithmetic, not the accuracy of the level shots. Profile and cross-section level notes (figs. AV-5 and AV-6) are best recorded from the bottom of the page UP. The left-hand side of the page should contain columns for STA, BS(+), HI, FS(–), and elevation. The right side, as shown, has left, Q, and right columns. The top number is ground elevation at that point, the center number is rod reading, and the bottom number is the perpendicular distance to the center line. Slope stakes (fig. AV-7), as profile notes, are best recorded from the bottom of the page UP, as shown on this set of sample notes. Entries for STA 7 + 50 indicate the following: See figure AV-8. Building corner numbers on the sketch must agree with the designation on the left side of the page. Grade rod setting is computed in the field. Batter elevations are entered in the first column on the right-hand page—after having been computed at the jobsite. Sketch must show all pertinent data for locating the building. AV-1

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