Field Book Calculation Utility

Field Book or Level Book Calculations are carried out on the readings
noted during a Survey Operation called Levelling. We will first understand
Levelling process in detail and then we will look at how to calculate
reduced level in Field book.
Levelling:
Levelling is a means by which you can determine the elevation of points,
using other known points as references.
Here are definitions for some commonly used terms related to Levelling
and basic surveying:

Terms & Definitions

Sl.

1 Datum

Term

Definition
An assigned or assumed reference level
surface
A reference surface to which the heights of
all points in a survey or on a site are
referred
May be arbitrary or a national height datum

Mean Sea Level (MSL)

Benchmark

4
5
6

Temporary Bench Mark

(TBM)
Back Sight or Back shot
(BS)
Fore Sight or Fore shot
(FS)

Most regularly used datum

A permanent or semi-permanent physical
location of known or assigned elevation
Usually used as the starting and finishing
point for levelling
A point placed (e.g. peg, nail, spike) to
provide a temporary reference point
A sighting with a level back to a point of
known elevation
A sighting with a level to determine the
elevation of a point
A point at which you have established an
elevation with FS and on which you will
subsequently take a BS
Change points should be

Change Point or Turning

Point

Stable
Well defined

Intermediate Site or
Intermediate Shot

Recoverable (e.g. sharp rock, nail, change

plate, etc)
A fore shot to a point at which you want to
know the elevation but which will not be
used as a turning point
The height of a point above the selected
datum.

Reduced Level (R.L.) or

Elevation
Height of Instrument (HI)
The vertical distance from datum to line of
10 or Elevation of Instrument
sight of the instrument
(EI)
9

Levelling Finds application in following assignments

To determine Point heights (relative to a datum)

Height differences between two points (independent of datum)

Creating longitudinal sections and cross sections

Contouring

Setting out

Levelling Calculation can be done in two ways

a. Rise and Fall Method

b. Height of Collimation Method

S
BS
l

IS

FS

RISE FALL RL

Raise - Fall
Calculation

49.87
Previous BS +
3
Previous IS - IS - FS
2.50
0.31 49.73
2
0
2.191+0-0-2.505
5
4
9
2.32
49.73
3
0.18 0
0+2.505-2.325-0
5
9
3.01
1.49 0.82
50.56
4
0
0+2.325-0-1.496
9
6
9
8
2.51
0.50
51.07
5
0
3.019+0-2.513-0
3
6
4
1.75
2.81
0.29 50.77
6
0
0+2.513-0-2.811
2
1
8
6
3.82
2.07 48.70
7
0
1.752+0-0-3.824
4
2
4
1

2.19
1

RL Calculation

S
BS
l

FS

HI

52.06
4
2.50
52.06
2
5
4
2.32
52.06
3
5
4
3.01
1.49 53.58
4
9
6
7
2.51
53.58
5
3
7
1.75
2.81 52.52
6
2
1
8
3.82 48.70
7
4
4
1

2.19
1

IS

Previous RL
+Rise - Fall
49.873+0-0.314
49.559+0.18-0
49.739+0.829-0
50.568+0.506-0
51.074+0-0.298
50.776+0-2.072

RL
Calculation

RL

HI Calculation

49.87
3
49.55
9
49.73
9
50.56
8
51.07
4
50.77
6
48.70
4

Previous HI + BS HI -IS - FS
FS
52.064-052.064+0-0
2.505
52.064-052.064+0-0
2.325
52.064+3.01953.5871.496
3.019-0
53.587-052.064+0-0
2.513
52.064+1.75252.528-02.811
1.752
52.064+0-0

48.704-0-0

How to do Field Book / Level Book Calculations?

Install Field Book Application developed by ESurveying. This Field book
Calculation utility is developed considering levelling of cross section data.
Double click on Field Book Icon
We can do following type of calculations using this application

a. Convert Raw Field book Excel Sheet to Field book Sheet with
Reduced level
b. Convert Raw Field book Excel Sheet to Excel Sheet which represents
Cross Section Data
c. Convert Excel Sheet with Cross Section Data into Field book Sheet
a. Convert Raw Field book Excel Sheet to Field book Sheet with
Reduced level.
Click on FB Template and fill all your field book / level book data in that
excel sheet and save it.

Select Field Book from Input and Select Field Book from output Group.

Select Saved Excel File, by clicking on next to Select File Textbox.

Click on Export to get the Excel Sheet with Calculated Reduced level

b. Convert Raw Field Book Excel Sheet to Excel Sheet with

Reduced Levels.
Click on FB Template and fill all your field book / level book data in that
excel sheet and save it.

Select Field Book from Input and Select ESurvey Section Excel Format
from output Group.

Select Saved Excel File, by clicking on next to Select File Textbox.

Click on Export to get the Excel Sheet with Calculated Reduced level in
Cross Section data format.

Note: you have to mention the Cross Section number in 2nd Column and
Distance in 8th Column
c. Convert Excel Sheet with Cross Section Data into Field book
Sheet
Click on ES Template and fill all your cross section data in that excel
sheet and save it.

Select ESurvey Section Excel Format from Input and Select Field Book
from output Group.

Select Saved Excel File, by clicking on next to Select File Textbox.

Enter the required fields

1. 'Staff Minimum Height and Staff Maximum Height Staff Height
that you use in Field Example: 3 M, 5 M
2. Instrument Proximity Distance that your instrument can measure
Example: 20 M 100 M
3. Starting RL By referring to cross section data you can specify this
value Say 98.5 M
4. Rounding- Select Precision of your Instrument Example: 0.005
0.10

Click on Export to get the Excel Sheet with Cross Section data
represented as Field book data with random Back Sight, Fore Sight,
collimation Level Etc.

This option is used to represent the survey data done in total station as
Levelling procedure.
Click the Link below to Download.

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