Lecture 2Lecture 2

Field Note BookField Note Book

•Surveying Field Notes•Surveying Field Notes• Required readings: 2-6 to 2-11Required readings: 2-6 to 2-11• Suggested readings: 2-12 to 2-15Suggested readings: 2-12 to 2-15• Hand written field notesHand written field notes

• Office personnel may not be the field surveyorsOffice personnel may not be the field surveyors• Field notes are legal documentsField notes are legal documents• Requirements:Requirements:

• Accuracy: most importantAccuracy: most important• Integrity: complete, do not eraseIntegrity: complete, do not erase• LegibilityLegibility• Arrangement: forms appropriate to taskArrangement: forms appropriate to task• Clarity: avoid crowded pages, plan in advance, good Clarity: avoid crowded pages, plan in advance, good

sketchessketches

•Field Note Rules•Field Note Rules

• Erasures not allowed: cross out and type Erasures not allowed: cross out and type voidvoid

• Use a sharp 3-H pencil: Use a sharp 3-H pencil: no ball-point, no softer no ball-point, no softer pencilpencil

• Originals recorded on site: copies marked : “ copy”Originals recorded on site: copies marked : “ copy”• Job not finished in a day: every new day marked Job not finished in a day: every new day marked

“cont”“cont”• Must be water proofMust be water proof• We will use a collection of sketches, tables, and We will use a collection of sketches, tables, and

descriptionsdescriptions

•Arrangements of Notes•Arrangements of Notes• Depend on departmental standardsDepend on departmental standards• First left page: First left page: a title that may extend to right page, and a title that may extend to right page, and

tablestables

• Right page: Right page: • Project name and location.Project name and location.• Date, starting and finishing time.Date, starting and finishing time.• Weather: temperature, wind, visibility, rain,..Weather: temperature, wind, visibility, rain,..• Party members with their duties: chief, recorder, Party members with their duties: chief, recorder,

observer, rod-person,..Symbols are okobserver, rod-person,..Symbols are ok• Instrument type and SNInstrument type and SN• A sketch, north arrow, descriptions,..A sketch, north arrow, descriptions,..• Signatures: lower right cornerSignatures: lower right corner

Note Books, Cont.Note Books, Cont.

• A new day: A new day: a new left and right page with all the a new left and right page with all the information updated. “Cont.” On all the pages.information updated. “Cont.” On all the pages.

• Do not tear off any page.Do not tear off any page.• Mention the floor condition: concrete, soft, grass,..Mention the floor condition: concrete, soft, grass,..• Examples: textbook section B.Examples: textbook section B.

Electronic Data CollectorsElectronic Data Collectors

• Recommended readingsRecommended readings• Different typesDifferent types• Advantages and disadvantagesAdvantages and disadvantages