According to RTU Syllabus

SURVEYING

LINEAR AND ANGULAR MEASUREMENTS

Part-7

Correction to Tape measurements-

1. Correction for standardization.
2. Correction for slope
3. Correction for pull
4. Correction for sag
5. Correction for temperature
6. Correction for mean sea level
7. Correction for Mis-alignment

Correction for Pull

• If the pull applied to the tape during measurement is more than the standard pull at which the tape was standardized,then length of tape increases.so correction for pull is positive.
• If the applied pull is less than the standard pull,correction for pull is subtractive.

Correction for Temperature

• Correction for temperature is positive,if the temperature during measurement is more than the standard temperature at which the tape was standardized and vice-versa.

Correction for Sag

• If the tape is standardized on flat and when used is supported between two ends,correction for sag will always be negative.
• It is because chord length will always be less than arc length.

Correction for Misalignment

• If the survey line is not accurately ranged out,the error due to misalignment occurs.
• The measured distance ABC will always be greater than the correct distance AC.
• Hence the error is positive and the correction is negative.

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Correction for Mean sea level

• The measured lengths at different altitudes are sometimes reduced to a common level generally called Mean sea level.
• The measured distance at any altitude '"h"above mean sea level would be greater than the equivalent length at mean sea level.
• so correction will be negative always.

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