1. VARIOUS METHODS OF PLANE TABLE SURVEYING
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
SARVAJANIK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
VARIOUS METHODS OF PLANE TABLE SURVEYING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
BE:II SEM:III

2. Prepared By NAME ENROLLMENT NO. Dave Margi 130420106012
Jardosh Chandni
Chaudhari Dipika
Chauhan Chetan
Chotaliya Prashant
Desai Vasav
Desai Yash

3. CONTENTS Basic Definitions Method of setting up the plane table
Methods of plane tabling
Method of Radiation
Method of Intersection
Method of Traversing
Method of Resection

4. Term
Description
Centering
The process of setting up the plane table on the plotted position of the ground exactly over the station.
Orientation
The process of setting up the plane table at each of the stations parallel to the position occupied at starting station.
Back Sight
It is a sight taken from a plane table station to the another station whose position has already been plotted on the drawing paper.
Fore Sight
The sight taken from the plane table station to another station whose position has not been plotted.

5. Method of setting up the plane table
1) Fixing the plane table on the tripod The tripod stand is placed over the required station with its legs well apart. Then the table is fixed on it by wing nut at the bottom. The table should be set up at convenient height for working on the board, depending upon the height of the surveyor.

6. 2) Levelling In a simple plane, levelling is done by moving the tripod legs. The levelling is judged by eye. For levelling the plane table, ordinary spirit level may be used. The table is levelled by placing the level on the board in two positions right angles and getting the bubble central in the both direction.

7. . 3) Centering It is done by U-fork and plumb bob.
Drawing sheet is fixed on the table
Capital letters (A,B,C…) to denote ground stations.
Small letters (a,b,c…) to denote plotted points corresponding the ground stations a . . A

8. 4) Orientation Orientation is done by two methods
4) Orientation Orientation is done by two methods. i) By magnetic needle ii) By Backsighting

9. Methods of Plane Tabling
Method of Radiation
Method on Intersection
Method on Traversing
Method on Resection

10. Method Of Radiation
In the radiation method of plane table surveying, the direction of the objects or points to be located are obtained by drawing radial lines along fiducial edge of alidade after getting the objects or points bisected along the line of sight of the alidade. The horizontal distances are then measured and scaled off on the corresponding radial lines to mark their positions on the drawing.

11. A E B a b e o c d C D

12. Method of Intersection

13. Suppose O1 and O2 are two station and A and B are the objects on the far bank of a river. Now it is required to fix the position of A and B on the sheet by the intersection of rays, drawn from O1 and O2.
The table is set up at O1. It is levelled and centred so that o1 point a on the sheet is just over the station O1. The north line is marked on the right hand top corner, the Table is then clamped.
With the alidade touching o1, the objects A and B and the ranging rod at O2 are bisected, and rays are drawn through the fiducial edge on alidade, The distance O1O2 is measured and plotted to any suitable scale to obtain point o2.
The table is shifted and centred over O2 and levelled properly. Now the alidade is placed along the line o2o1 and orientation is done by back sighting
With the alidade touching o2, the object A and B are bisected and a rays are drawn, suppose this ray intersects the previous rays at points A and B. the points a and b are the required plotted positions of A and B.

14. Method of Traversing

15. In this method, traverse stations are first selected
In this method, traverse stations are first selected. The stations are plotted by method of radiation by taking back sight on the preceding station and a fore sight to the following station. Here distances are generally measured by tachometric method and surveying work has to be performed with great care.
Suppose A,B,C,D are the traverse station.
The table is set up at the station A, a suitable point a is selected on the sheet in such a way that the whole area may be plotted in the sheet. The table is centred, levelled and clamped. The north line is marked on the right-hand top corner of the sheet.
With the alidade touching point a the ranging rod at B is bisected and a ray is drawn. The distance AB is measured and plotted to any suitable scale. The table is shifted touching point a the ranging rod at B is bisected and a ray is drawn. The distance is measured and plotted to any suitable scale.
The table is shifted and centred over B. It is then levelled, oriented by back sighting and clamped. With the alidade touching point b, the ranging rod at C is bisected and ray is drawn. The distance BC is measured and plotted to the same scale.
The table is shifted and set up at C and the same procedure is repeated.
In this manner, all stations of the traverse are connected.

16. Check lines. To check the accuracy of the plane table traverse, a few check lines are taken by sighting back to some preceding station.
Error of closure . If the traverse to be plotted is a closed traverse, the foresight from the terminating station should pass through the first station. Otherwise the amount by which plotted position of the first station on the foresight fails to close is designated as the error of closure. It is adjusted graphically, if the error is within permissible limits, before any further plotting works are done.

17. Method of Resection
This method is just opposite to the method of intersection. In the method of intersection, the plotted position of stations are known and the plotted position of objects are obtained by intersection. In this method the plotted position of objects are known and the plotted position of station is obtained.
If a, b and c are the plotted positions of objects A, B and C respectively, to locate instrument station P on the paper, the orientation of table is achieved with the help of a, b, c and then resectors Aa, Bb, Cc are drawn to get the ‘p’ , the plotted position of P.
Hence in the resection method major work is to ensure suitable orientation by any one of the methods.

18. The following methods are employed in the method of resection:
(a) by compass (b) by back sighting (c) by solving two point problem (d) by solving three point problem

19. Resection after Orientation by Compass
Let a and b be the plotted positions of A and B of two well defined points in the field. Keeping the through compass along north direction marked on the drawing sheet table is oriented on station P, the position of which is to be found on paper.
The resectors Aa and Bb are drawn to locate ‘p’ the plotted position of station point P. This method gives satisfactory results, if the area is not influenced by local attractions. It is used for small scale mapping only.

20. Resection after Orientation by Back Sighting
The above Figure shows the scheme of resection after orientation by back sighting. From station A, the position of B is plotted as ‘b’ and ray has been taken to station P as ap′.
Then plane table is set at P and oriented by back sighting A, line AP is not measured but the position of P is obtained on the paper by taking resection Bb.

21. Resection after Solving Two Point Problem

22. Let A and B be two well defined points like lightening conductor or spire of church, the plotted positions a and b already known. Now the problem is to orient the table at P so that by resection its plotted position p can be obtained. The following steps may be followed to solve this problems:
(i) Select a suitable point Q near P such that the angles PAQ and PBQ are not accute.
(ii) Roughly orient the table at Q and draw the resectors Aa and Bb to get the point ‘q’.
(iii) Draw the ray qp and locate p1 with estimated distance QP.
(iv) Shift the plane table to P and orient the table by back sighting to Q.
(v) Draw the resector Aa to get ‘p’.
(vi) Draw the ray pB. Let it intersect line bq at b1.
(vii) The points b and b1 are not coinciding due to the angular error in the orientation of table. The angle bab, is the angular error in orientation. To correct it,
Fix a ranging rod at R along ab,
Unclamp the table and rotate it till line ab sights ranging rod at R.
Then clamp the table. This gives the correct orientation of the table which was used in plotting the points A and B.
(viii) The resectors Aa and Bb are drawn to get the correct plotted position ‘p’ of the station P.

23. Resection after Solving Three Point Problem
Locating the plotted position of a station point using observations to three well defined points whose plotted positions are known, is called solving three point problem.
Let A, B, C be three well defined objects on the field whose plotted positions a, b and c are known.
Now the problem is to locate plotted position of the station point P. Any one of the following methods can be used.
(i) Mechanical (Tracing paper) method,
(ii) Graphical method, or
(iii) Trial and error method (Lehman’s method).

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25. References: Surveying and Levelling by N.N. BASAK
Surveying by Dr. R. P. Rethaliya