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LINEAR MEASUREMENTS

The horizontal distance between points, is required to


be measured in order to prepare plan or map of the area
surveyed.
There are various methods of making linear
measurements and their relative merit depends upon
the degree of precision required.
They can be mainly divided into three heads
1. Direct Measurements
2. Measurement by Optical means
3. Electro-magnetic Methods

DIRECT MEASUREMENTS
Distances are actually measured on the ground with the
help of chain or a tape or any other equipment.
OPTICAL METHODS
Observation are taken through a telescope and
calculations are done for the distances e.g. in
tacheometery or triangulation
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC METHODS
Distances are measured with instruments that rely on
propagation, reflection and subsequent reception of either
radio waves, light waves or infrared waves.

DIRECT MEASUREMENTS
1. Pacing
2. Measurement with passometer
3. Measurement with pedometer
4. Measurement by odometer and speedometer
5. Chaining

INSTRUMENTS FOR CHAINING


1. Chain or Tape
2. Arrows
3. Pegs
4. Ranging Rods
5. Plum bob

CHAIN
Straight links of galvanised mild steel wire bent into
rings at the ends and joined each other by three small
circular or oval wire rings.
Length of a link is the distance between two
consecutive middle rings.
Length is from outside of one handle to the outside of
the other handle.

Various Types of Chains


Metric Chains
Gunters Chain or Surveyors Chain
Engineers Chain
Revenue Chain
Steel Band or band Chain

Metric Chains IS 1492 (5 & 10 m length)

Tallies ( for 5m and 10 m chains)

Gunters Chain or Surveyors chain


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66 feet long with 100 links


Used for land measurement since
10 square chains = 1 acre
80 Gunters chain = 1 mile

Engineers Chain
o 100 feet long with 100 links

Revenue Chain
o 33 feet long with 16 links
o Mainly used for cadastral survey

Steel band or band Chain


o Long narrow strip of steel
o Length: 20 or 30 m

Steel band or band Chain


It is divided by brass studs at every 20 cm and
numbered at every meter.
The first and last links are subdivided into cm and
mm.

Testing and Adjustment of Chain


With reference to a standard chain
Permanent/temporary test gauge
The overall length of a chain, when measured at 8 kg
pull and checked against a steel tape standardized at
20C, shall be within following limits
20 meter chain: 5 mm
30 meter chain: 8 mm

Adjustment of Length of chain if:


Chain is found to be short

Straightening of links
Flattening of the rings
Replacing one or more rings by bigger ones
Inserting additional circular rings
Adjusting the link at the end

Chain if found to be long

Closing the points of the rings if opened out


Reshaping the elongated rings
Removing one or more small circular rings
Replacing worn out rings
Adjusting the links at ends

Adjustment must be made symmetrically so that the position of the central peg
does not alter

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