Gale’s Table for Major Traverse

Consecutive Bowditch Corr. Consecutive Corr. Independent

n Observed Corrn. coordinates, m Corr. Coordinates Coordinates
St Corr. Angle Line Length WCB
Angle in '' Latitude Departure ∆L ∆D Latitude Departure Northing Easting

𝐶𝑃1 209°27'55'' - 11'' 209°27'44''

𝐶𝑃1 𝐶𝑃2 58.460 052°00'00'' 35.990 46.067 0.635 0.430 36.625 46.497 3068556.230 648198.403
𝐶𝑃2 045°03'25'' - 11'' 045°03'14''
𝐶𝑃2 𝐵𝑀1 90.072 277°03'14'' 11.061 -89.390 0.979 0.663 12.040 -88.730 3068592.855 648244.900
𝐵𝑀1 197°37'25'' - 11'' 197°37'14''
𝐵𝑀1 𝐵𝑀2 84.830 294°40'28'' 35.413 -77.084 0.922 0.624 36.335 -76.460 3068604.895 648156.170
𝐵𝑀2 142°22'20'' - 11'' 142°22'09''
𝐵𝑀2 𝐵𝑀3 56.080 257°02'37'' -12.573 -54.652 0.610 0.431 -11.963 -54.221 3068641.230 648079.710
𝐵𝑀3 088°54'05'' - 11'' 088°53'54''
𝐵𝑀3 𝐵𝑀4 94.075 165°56'31'' -91.257 22.851 1.023 0.692 -90.234 23.543 3068629.267 648025.489
𝐵𝑀4 201°42'20'' - 11'' 201°42'09''
𝐵𝑀4 𝐵𝑀5 68.845 187°38'40'' -68.233 -9.158 0.748 0.507 -67.485 -8.651 3068539.033 648049.032
𝐵𝑀5 157°30'35'' - 11'' 157°30'24''
𝐵𝑀5 𝐵𝑀6 65.965 165°09'04'' -63.762 16.904 0.717 0.485 -63.045 17.389 3068471.548 648040.381
𝐵𝑀6 086°26'15'' - 11'' 086°26'04''
𝐵𝑀6 𝐵𝑀7 69.760 071°35'08'' 22.036 66.188 0.758 0.513 22.794 66.701 3068408.503 648057.770
𝐵𝑀7 148°43'10'' - 11'' 148°42'59''
𝐵𝑀7 𝐵𝑀8 65.685 040°18'07'' 50.094 42.486 0.714 0.483 50.808 42.969 3068431.297 648124.471
𝐵𝑀8 162°14'20'' - 11'' 162°14'09''
𝐵𝑀8 𝐶𝑃1 79.280 022°32'16'' 73.255 30.387 0.870 0.583 74.117 30.970 3068482.105 648167.440
TOTAL 733.352 -7.976 -5.401 ƩL=-0.008 ƩD = 0.007 3068556.222 648198.410

Summarize of Gale’s Table

Perimeter of the Traverse, p = 733.352 m Error in Northing, ∆L = -7.976 m e = √ [ (∆L)^2 + (∆D)^2 ] = 9.63262

Error in Easting, ∆D = -5.401 m Precision = e/p = 9.63262/733.352 = 1 in 76.13