Eastern Visayas State University

College of Civil Engineering

Department of Engineering
Ormoc City

CE 215
Elementary and Higher Surveying

Name: Bohost, Era Jane G. Date Conducted: Jan 2, 2020

BS Civil Engineering Date Submitted: Jan 11, 2021
Submitted to: Engr. Antonio E. Naboya, Jr.

LAB REPORT #5
TRAVERSE AREA USING COORDINATES

I. Introduction
Apart from Heron’s formula and DMD method, surveyor’s also use the

Coordinates in solving the area of a traverse. It is important to be able to know the

easting and northing in a Cartesian coordinate system. Easting is the eastward-

measured distance or the x-coordinate and northing is the northward measured

distance or the y-coordinate. These coordinates are most commonly associated with

the Universal Transverse Coordinate System (UTM).

The UTM is a system for assigning coordinates to locations on the surface of

the Earth. It differs from global latitude and longitude because it divides Earth into 60

zones and projects each to the plane as basis for its coordinates.

In this activity, the surveyor used Global Positioning System from an android

phone with a Google Maps application in plotting points of a traverse where the

coordinates are readily available. The surveyor also used UTM conversions to

determine the easting and northing of the sad coordinates. The data obtained was

then used to compute the area of the traverse.

II. Objectives

 To know how to plot points using GPS on an android phone with Google

Maps application;

 To know how to look for the coordinates, easting and northing in Google

Maps;

 To know how to use the UTM conversion

 To determine the area of a traverse using coordinate method.

III. Instruments

 Android phone with GPS and Google Maps application

IV. Procedure

1. Go to your phone’s settings and turn ON the “Access to my location” tab and

open your Google Maps application.

2. Navigate your location (blue dot represents your location) and press “Saved”

icon.

3. This will bring you to your list of starred places, want to go and favorites. Press

the “Starred places” tab.

4. Press “Edit”
5. Press “Map”.

6. You will be navigated shortly to your location and you will see a red pin on the
screen. This red pin will serve as point on your traverse, choose a location as to
where you will drop the pin and press “OK”.

7. After dropping the pin, the yellow pin will represent the starred places or point in
your traverse.
8. Repeat steps 2-7 to plot the remaining points (a total of at least 5 points) in your
traverse. The points with the starred places will automatically show its
coordinates. Record the data in each point.

9. NOTE: Step 9-10 are OPTIONAL, you may skip and resume to Step 11.
Add labels to the plotted points by pressing any of the starred places and swipe
up. Press “Label” which will bring you to the Add label page. Enter a label and
press “Add label”.
10. Repeat step 9 until all the points are labeled. Press any of the points and notice
that its corresponding coordinates can be seen in the lower part of the screen.
Record the gathered data.

11. Enter the recorded data in the UTM conversion table and tabulate the easting
and northing.

Convert Latitude and Longitude to UTM (Choose Decimal or DD MM SS)  

  N/S - E/W Decimal   DD MM SS  
Latitude N     11 2 54.3728  
Longitude E     124 31 16.464  
Latitude 11.04843689   11 2 54.3728 N  
Longitude 124.52124   124 31 16.464 E  

Easting 666,179.16   Zone 51 P    

Northing 1,221,681.64   Zone CM 123      
2168
Military Grid Reference 51 P XN 66179 1      

Convert Latitude and Longitude to UTM (Choose Decimal or DD MM SS)  

  N/S - E/W Decimal   DD MM SS  
Latitude N     11 2 54.5219  
Longitude E     124 31 17.1293  
Latitude 11.04847831   11 2 54.5219 N  
Longitude 124.5214248   124 31 17.1293 E  

Easting 666,199.33   Zone 51 P    

 Northing 1,221,686.32   Zone CM 123      
2168
Military Grid Reference 51 P XN 66199 6      

Convert Latitude and Longitude to UTM (Choose Decimal or DD MM SS)  

  N/S - E/W Decimal   DD MM SS  
Latitude N     11 2 54.2044  
Longitude E     124 31 17.5008  
Latitude 11.04839011   11 2 54.2044 N  
Longitude 124.521528   124 31 17.5008 E  

Easting 666,210.65   Zone 51 P    

Northing 1,221,676.63   Zone CM 123      
Military Grid Reference 51 P XN 66210 21676      

Convert Latitude and Longitude to UTM (Choose Decimal or DD MM SS)  

  N/S - E/W Decimal   DD MM SS  
Latitude N     11 2 53.7436  
Longitude E     124 31 17.0011  
Latitude 11.04826211   11 2 53.7436 N  
Longitude 124.5213892   124 31 17.0011 E  

Easting 666,195.56   Zone 51 P    

Northing 1,221,662.39   Zone CM 123      
2166
Military Grid Reference 51 P XN 66195 2      

Convert Latitude and Longitude to UTM (Choose Decimal or DD MM SS)  

  N/S - E/W Decimal   DD MM SS  
Latitude N     11 2 53.9225  
Longitude E     124 31 16.2167  
Latitude 11.04831181   11 2 53.9225 N  
Longitude 124.5211713   124 31 16.2167 E  

Easting 666,171.72   Zone 51 P    

Northing 1,221,667.77   Zone CM 123      
2166
Military Grid Reference 51 P XN 66171 7      

COORDINATES UTM
LATITUDE N LONGITUDE E
NORTHING EASTING
POINT y-axis x-axis
A '
11° 02 54 .3728 124 ° 31' 16.464 1,221,681.64 666,179.16
B 11° 02' 54.5 219 124 ° 31' 17.1 293 1,221,686.32 666,199.33
C '
11° 02 54.2 044 124 ° 31' 17.5 008 1,221,676.63 666,210.65
D 11° 02' 53.7 436 124 ° 31' 17.0 011 1,221,662.39 666,195.56
E 11° 02' 53.9 225 124 ° 31' 16.2167 1,221,667.77 666,171.72
A 11° 02' 54.3728 124 ° 31' 16.464 1,221,681.64 666,179.16
 A= - 571.566
m2

2 A= { ( 666,179.16 )( 1,221,686.32 )−( 1,221,681.64 )( 666,199.33 ) } + { ( 666,199.33 )( 1,221,676.63 )− (1,221,686.32 )

2 A=(−21523600.21 ) + (−20284960.65 ) + ( 8948260.691 ) + ( 32708563.49 ) +¿

A=−571.56 6 m2