Leveling, Part 1

Learn how to measure land elevations, part 1 of 5
Provided by the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association
www.iplsa.org

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Great explanations for a newbie like myself! Looking forward to more videos explaining currently how surveying is done!!! 👍

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[@traviss3478]

I leveled for 6 weeks straight for control on a project in Denver in the middle of winter. Good stuff.

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Simple, well expressed informative. Excellent. I wish more YT information videos were presented with this degree of focus on the message, rather than the presenter.

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[@bwhog]

Wow, been a long time since I thought about a split bubble level. Thanks for the reminder! I love vintage instruments!

[@lokeshrao7209]

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[@mmachado22]

Did I just become a surveyor? This video was great, thank you!

[@johanweakley2658]

Long distance leveling is a lot like banging your head against a wall. It feels so good when you stop! Great video thanks👍🇿🇦

[@jayadams35]

You mean levelling is not efficient over very long distances?

[@johanweakley2658]

@@jayadams35 no, I meant it as a joke! But we have found that long occupation static GPS obs give fantastic results when used in conjuction with a reliable geoid. In one case over 10km the GPS and leveling differed by only 6mm.

[@wickandde]

You are so much better than my lecturer, thank you so much

[@michaelney7006]

In the UK, we call the horizontal plane swept out by the instrument "the plane of collimation" and, of course, we don't use staves in foot/inch measurements but the normal metric "E" staff in which each "E" is 50mm high with 10mm thickness of the three arms of the "E". The next 50mm is three blocks of 10mm depth, spaced 10mm apart. The whole thing is then repeated on the next 100mm or 1/10 of a metre. Then the metre figure is marked and in the next metre, the "E"s are on the other side of staff face and so on.

[@stevebrannon69]

There is only one comment I have to make. When Todd is explaining rise/run, he suggests a layman should measure the distance between the two points. If the is measured along the ground, it would be the hypotenuse of the triangle. It must be the horizontal distance, aka the run. An example of this, if you have a 45 degree slope and measure the slope distance between two points, say 100 feet apart horizontally, you will measure 141 feet, the sine or cosine of 45 degrees along the slope. Other than this, this was a good video. Please note, that land surveyors measure the horizontal distances for land surveys, therefore, you could call them “flat-earthers”.

[@TheMaineSurveyor]

stevebrannon69 2:28

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Highly informative video. thank you for sharing

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Very well made video with a ton of useful information thank you.

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Great video, very well explained! Thanks for putting this together...thanks from Canada...

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It was a good one for a beginner and easy to understand,

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[@genettiruneh5775]

Thanks Mr. Tod. It's very helpful.

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[@jhgftu4736]

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[@BenSlover1]

Calibrated, older style dumpy levels can be just as accurate in the field for measuring elevations as automatic levels. Automatic levels though take much of the human error out of the picture, as the compensator has a big working range that keeps the hz line of sight true. The part of your video where you're showing the circular bubble moving straight back and forth in and out of the bullseye is how you test the repeatability of a compensator to maintain a level line of sight. So, when an operator is using one of these instruments in the field, if the compensator is working and repeating as it should, typically anywhere within the bullseye is level enough. The compensator does have limits, but they are typically way outside the bullseye straight back and forth as again you showed on your video. So, the ease of use is a big reason why they are so accurate in the field as they eliminate much of the human error you would have with leveling error associated with traditional dumpy-type levels. The difference in accuracy is huge between a circular bubble on an automatic level and a higher precision vial on a dumpy level. But, the automatic level bubble only has to be so accurate as the all the leveling accuracy of the instrument is delivered through the function of the compensator. A dumpy level vial like the one in your video is like a 20-30 second bubble which of course translates to how level the instrument is in actually 4 directions, not just 2. And, of course this translates to the dumpy levels accuracy for measuring elevations. Both instruments are calibrated to repeat within a few arc seconds in a survey instrument repair shop's collimator. The automatic level though simply through it's design and ease of use delivers more consistent accuracy over the long run. It's still the gold standard for measuring elevations in the field at +/- 1/32" per 100 ft., with a calibrated instrument. Laser levels are more like +/- 1/8" per 100', and have some operator error introduced into the picture with how the operator goes about using the laser receiver.

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Awesome explanation. I was always curious and you were able to explain it very well. Thanks.

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[@shadrackngetich681]

Would it be possible to streamline on the screen the explanation,, for the sake of easy understanding?

[@allthingsbing1295]

If you plot a plane that’s perfectly perpendicular to plumb on the shore of a 10 mile wide lake. How much will the center of the water deviate from the objectively level plane?

[@miked7703]

The center of the water will not deviate from the objectively level plane. This is because a plumb line, used to determine verticality, is perpendicular to the surface of the water. Therefore, a plane that is perfectly perpendicular to plumb will also be parallel to the surface of the water in the lake.

[@allthingsbing1295]

@@miked7703 Therefore if earth is 70% water it is,by definition, 70% flat and level.

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This Is very informal and helping me thank you. Cant help to say that you sound like Ron from Parks and Rec Netflix series lol. Good work

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[@ashirfashirf7447]

This is good I'm a student at IUEA in Kampala Uganda but we miss these instruments I would prefer in my Field I use a leather theodolilte.

[@kennyx8482]

i have to admit, humans are quite ingenious, in creating these complex things, arent we?

[@theplanetruth]

So, level is horizontal. 3:12 3:37-so horizontal is gravity? Why not just say perpendicular to horizontal? 7:30- so if you can extend the horizontal line, at which point does one differentiate between elevation and earth curve?

[@eMBO_Gaming]

1. One word can have different meanings in different contexts, in that case indeed, because he meant a fictional straight line at the level of that tripod. 2. Because in that context it's synonymous, horizontal at coordinates where that guy was standing, or any coordinates is perpendicular to the direction of gravity in that place. 3. There isn't a magical border up to which it doesn't differentiate and then it drops drastically, it does it continuously at very small rate, so it can be ignored until you're surveing terrain for few kilometers long bridge or something, for example the joined effect of refraction and curvature at the distance of 400m isn't greater than 1cm.

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[@rodyim5399]

Very informative video. Thank you! Any thoughts of making how to calculate angles with theodolite?

[@michaelney7006]

You don't calculate angles with a theodolite, you measure them, both horizontal and vertical. That is what a theodolite is for. You can then do the calculations back in the office with a computer, pocket calculator, slide rule or book of log tables using the angles you have measured with the theodolite.

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Nice tutorial. I like to share my thoughts ... who knows who can add to my experience about the world of construction out there

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Nice to hear someone explain this without Lamb Vindaloo in their mouth.

[@constructionsecrets6048]

only joking. loved the vid. reminded me of my college days in 1986, when i studies civil engineering.

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[@axemastersinc3269]

1:29 More specifically it is a spirit level.

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Dude's barber obviously use a laser level to provide a razor sharp haircut!

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how to convert different higher and lower level reading to one station?

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How to book & check precise leveling

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Surveying produces a level line Keywords: Theodolite or transit

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1:29 *insert Rick and Morty joke here

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Thank you!

[@MANTHENIC]

What is name of this tool?

[@eMBO_Gaming]

Simply level

[@theplanetruth]

2:55- why is that?

[@eMBO_Gaming]

Because with this method you would have to run with that level from place to place and do that insane ammount of times at bigger distances to cover it, when with laser level you can do that with one measurement.

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[@samwakefield15]

Now tell us how you figure out the Earth's curvature

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[@AliHassan-hb1bn]

Nothing is 100% perfect in this world but errors must not be fatal even when they are accomulated yet again all professional errors must be field specific depending on what you are measuring and for that purpose (negligible error).

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[@tonyornelas9374]

The Earth's curvature is never figured in so why do people think it's curvatured?

[@jessys4476]

Earths cuvrature correction does play a role in surveying and we do apply corrections for it, but it comes into picture olny if the area is very large (>250 km)

[@tonyornelas9374]

@jessys4476 That's from a book but not in reality.

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@@tonyornelas9374 It is applied in reality too.

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@jessys4476 Show the proof

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@jessys4476 If their was curvature, it should be easily proven, but the fact it never has and needs to be faked is proof it's just a hoax just like saying we are moving when we aren't.

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[@gettuff2]

Would you kindly do a video of measuring the curvature of the Earth, to put the flat Earth theory to rest.. I posit that could be done with two theodolites. The second, place at a distance acceptable for the optics and accuracy, would have it's orifice centered by the first theodolite. The second shooting back at the first should strike above the orifice of the first by double the calculated curvature, which is 1.5 thousandths of an inch per linear foot distance. The curvature would be quite easy to see as this method would accurately double the measurement. Thank you from New Zealand.

[@samwakefield15]

The Earth is flat water don't lie. People do

[@TheRumpusView]

You say at the start that measuring the horizontal distance is "easy" and one can use a tape measure. How is it easy to measure the horizontal distance, of say, 100m with a tape measure? I would say that was impossible.

[@TheRumpusView]

You also say at 7:20 that you create a "horizontal or level line", well "level" is not a line but a curve, so they are not the same.

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Haha its rumpus. What are you doing here? I'm looking for a surveyor to answer some questions although doesn't look like this one replies 😂 🤣

[@TheRumpusView]

@@Rachie-nj3oi I will be able to answer any questions you have!

[@tonydiesel3444]

Flat the earth is...

[@smith-mundtnews1406]

Water is level and must be contained.

[@eMBO_Gaming]

...is the dumbest hoax on the internet.

[@eMBO_Gaming]

@@smith-mundtnews1406 If you define "level" as perpendicular to the direction on gravitational pull, then you're absolutely right. The "must be contained" part is absolutely meaningless, it must be contained to not do what? Disappear from the existence? I can pour out a glass of water on my floor right now and it's still here, so I don't really know what you're trying to communicate here. Just blindly repeating the same meaningless mantra all flerfs say, for "free thinkers" who aren't "sheep" you surely like to say the same exact things 🤔

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