[PACING ON LEVEL GROUND]

FIELD WORK NO. 1

PACING ON LEVEL GROUND
OBJECTIVES:
1.
2.
3.
4.

To
To
To
To

obtain individual Pace factor.

determine an unknown distance by individual pacing.
know the significance of using pace factor.
to apply the value of excellence in pacing on level ground.

INSTRUMENTS NEEDED:

Qty. Materia
l

2
pcs.

Illustration

description
A range pole, which
may also be called a
lining pole, is a pole
painted with
alternating stripes of
different colors in
consistent widths
used often to site
measurements. The
tool may be a
common one for
surveyors, where
the colors for the
stripes are usually
red and white or red
and yellow. The
colors are picked
based on their

Range
Poles

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3
pcs.

Chalk

2
Pcs.

Marking
pins

visibility. One end of

the pole will
typically have either
a pointed tip or
gripping shoe to aid
in standing it on
edge. Longer range
poles may be
equipped with a
tripod or stand.
is a soft, white,
porous sedimentary
rock, a form of
limestone composed
of the mineral
calcite. This is used
in marking
measurements on
ground.
is a short nail or pin
with a circular,
sometimes domed,
head, used to fasten
items such as
documents to a wall
or board for display.
Various designs and
names are used.
This is used to stick
the metering tape to
the ground.

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1 pc.

A tape measure or
measuring tape is a
flexible form of ruler.
It consists of a
ribbon of cloth,
plastic, fiber glass,
or metal strip with
linear-measurement
markings. It is a
common measuring
tool. Its flexibility
allows for a measure
of great length to be
easily carried in
pocket or toolkit and
permits one to
measure around
curves or corners.
Today it is
ubiquitous, even
appearing in
miniature form as a
keychain fob, or
novelty item.
Surveyors use tape
measures in lengths
of over 100 m
(300+ ft).

50
meter
tape

PROCEDURE:
A) Determination of Individual Pace Factor

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1. The professor measures and designates a 50m course on

a level ground.
2. The ends of the assigned course are marked with either
hubs or marking pins or by chalk marks. Designate points
A and B.
3. Set or hold range poles behind points A and B or outside
the course AB. These poles will aid the students to travel
in straight path.
4. Each student should take turn pacing the course from A.
To B. starting with heel or toe on a straight path. One has
to walk in their natural unnafected manner, and has to
keep counting their number of paces for the entire course
being covered.
5. For trial number 2, each student should walk from B to A
in the same manner as in number 4.
6. Repeat steps 4 and five for the subsequent trials to
comply with the number of trials required by the
professor.
7. Data should be entered in the preliminary data sheet.
B) Determination of an unknown distance of the assigned
course by pacing.
1. The professor marks the ends of a level course to be
paced by each student.
2. Range poles are to be set up outside the level course to
straighten the path of the student.
3. Each student paces the course with the minimum number
of trials as required recording the number of paces for
each trial.
4. The professor, after all field notes shall have been
submitted, assigns two students to make actual taping of
the course to determine actual taped distance .

COMPUTATIONS:
A) Computation of pace factor

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Computing Factor
Factor = Distance Walked / # of paces in that distance
Distance walked = 50 m
# Paces walked in that distance = 68 paces
B) Computation of the distance
Distance = #paces X Factor
C) Computation of Percent error.
P.E. = (taped distance paced distance)/Taped distance X
100%

THE PRINCIPLE:
A pace maybe measured from heel to heel or from toe to toe.
While half a pace is from toe to one foot of the heel of the other
foot. To keep on the line while pacing. It is good to practice fix
eyes on the distant object at the range behind the pole on the
farther end of the line being paced. Since the accepted precision
of measuring distance by pacing is 1/300, it should be used only
for estimating distances.

QUESTIONS and PROBLEMS

1. Why it is important to know the individuals pace factor.
It is very important to know your own pace factor in order to
measure properly in the absence of measuring instruments
such as masuring tape,meter stick and other measuring
tools. It is also used to impress the client for giving a
distance of a certain unit by walking.

2. Name three most important pointers that an individual must

remember to follow in order to make his her approximation

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of the distance of an unknown course to be as accurate as

possible.
First he/she must be walk straight in a path, and he must be
aware to his path. In case of people passing by stop and
continue, do not insist to walk while many people are
passing to your way. And keep your steps as uniformed as
possible to have a more accurate result.
3. A student tries to measure the perimeter of a small park of
his community by pacing around the area for three
consecutive times. The no of paces was tallied at 535,543
and 539 respectively. For each trial. If the students Pace
factor is 0.74m/pace determine the actual perimeter of the
land.
First get the mean 535+543+539= 1617/3 =539
Then multiply the pace factor 539 X .74 = 398.86
Distance = 398.86
4. Every morning joy walks to school from her boarding house
and takes only a single route. For five consecutive days, she
tries to count the number of paces she makes. Monday
mornings number paces made by joy is listed 345 paces.
Teusday 353 paces;Wednesday 358 paces,Thursday 348
paces; Friday 355 paces. That Friday afternoon, a surveyor
from city engineers office who is tasked to lay out a new
drainage piping system, measured the exact route she took
and found out that the taped distance is 275m. what is joys
pace factor.
First get the mean 345+353+358+348+355= 1759/5 351.8
Then distance 275m/351.8 = 0.78m
Joys pace factor = 0.78m

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Final Data Sheet

A)PACE FACTOR DETERMINATION
Tria
l
1
2
3
4
5
6

Lin
e
AB
BA
AB
BA
AB
BA

Taped
Distance
50M
50M
50M
50M
50M
50M

No. Of
Paces
68
66.5
68.5
67
67.5
68

Mean
67.583
Steps

Pace Factor
0.73983
meter

B)Measuring Distance by Pacing

Tri
al
1
2
3
4
5

Line
CD
DC
CD
DC
CD

No. of
paces
86.5
89.5
84.5
86
86

Mean
86.5

Pace
factor
0.73983
meter

ILLUSTRATION

Paced
distance
63.995
meters

Taped
distance
65.00
meters

error
1.5