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*FM 3-34.331 (FM 5-232)

Field Manual
No. 3-34.331
Headquarters
Department of the Army
Washington, DC, 16 January 2001

 

FM 3-34.331
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYING

 

Table of Contents

PREFACE
Chapter 1 MISSIONS, OPERATIONS, AND DUTIES
Survey Missions
Survey Operations
Survey-Personnel Duties
Fieldwork
Office Work
Survey Communication
Chapter 2 PROJECT PLANNING
Section I - Evaluation and Scheduling
Project Requirements
Unit Capabilities
Accuracy Constraints
Milestones
Administrative Support
Logistics Support
Section II - Information-Gathering Trips
Initial Site-Visitation Trip
Administrative-Recon Trip
Project-Visitation Trip
Section III - Project Execution
Chapter 3 SURVEY RECON
Section I - Recon Fundamentals
Recon Requirements
Recon-Party Composition
Section II - Recon Phases
Office Recon
Field Recon
Recon Reports
Chapter 4 DATUMS, GRIDS, AND COORDINATE REFERENCES
Datums
Grids
Coordinate References
Chapter 5 CONVENTIONAL SURVEY-DATA COLLECTION
Section I - Fundamentals
Angle Determination
Distance Measurement
Electronic Total Stations
Section II - Targets
Optical-Theodolite Target Set
AISI Target Set
Target Setup
Lighted Target Sets
Target and Tribrach Adjustment
Signals
Section III - AISI
Description
Components
Leveling
Quick Check
Data Collection
File Transfer
File Editing
Communications
Instrument Maintenance
Section IV - CAD Interface
Total-Station Data Collection and Input
Plotting
Chapter 6 TRAVERSE
Starting Control
Open Traverse
Closed Traverse
Fieldwork
Traverse Stations
  Traverse-Party Organization
  Azimuth Computations
  Azimuth-Bearing Angle Relationship
  Coordinate Computations
  Accuracy and Specifications
 
Chapter 7 DIFFERENTIAL LEVELING
  Section I - Instruments and Equipment
  Automatic Levels
  Digital Levels
  Optical-Micrometer Levels
  Leveling Rods and Accessories
  Instrument Testing and Adjustment
  Section II - Precise Leveling Procedures
  Recon
  DE Determination
  Field-Party Composition
  Data Recording
  C-Factor Determination
  Center-Wire Adjustment
  SIF Determination
 
Chapter 8 NAVSTAR GPS
  Section I - GPS Overview
  Operating and Tracking Modes
  System Configuration
  Broadcast Frequencies and Codes
  Broadcast Ephemeris Data
  Section II - Absolute Positioning
  Absolute-Positioning Accuracies
  Pseudoranging
  Absolute-Positioning Error Sources
  User Equivalent Range Error
  Accuracies
  Section III - Differential Precise Positioning
  Code-Pseudorange Tracking
  Carrier-Phase Tracking
  Vertical Measurements
  Differential Error Sources
  Differential Accuracies
  Section IV - Precise-Positioning Survey Planning
  Project-Control Accuracy
  Network-Design Factors
  Network Design and Layout
  GPS-S Techniques
  Section V - Precise-Positioning Survey Conduct
  Basic GPS-S Procedures
  Absolute Positioning
  Differential Positioning
  DGPS Carrier-Phase Horizontal-Positioning Surveys
  Static Surveying
  Stop-and-Go Kinematic Surveying
  Kinematic Surveying
  Pseudokinematic Surveying
  Rapid-Static Surveying
  OTF/RTK Surveying
  Section VI - Precise-Positioning Survey-Data Processing
  Processing Techniques
  Baseline Solution by Linear Combination
  Baseline Solution by Cycle-Ambiguity Recovery
  Data Processing and Verification
  Loop-Closure Checks
  Data Archival
  Section VII - Precise-Positioning Survey Adjustments
  GPS Error-Measurement Statistical Terms
  Adjustment Considerations
  Survey Accuracy
  Internal Versus External Accuracy
  Adjustments
  Evaluation of Adjustment Results
  Final-Adjustment Reports
 
Chapter 9 ARTILLERY SURVEYS
  US Army FA
  ADA
  Survey Planning
 
Chapter 10 AIRFIELD-OBSTRUCTION AND NAVAID ENGINEERYING SURVEYS
  Airport Obstruction Charts and NAVAID Surveys
  FAA and FAR Standards
  Airfield-Data Accuracy Requirements
  Reporting
 
Chapter 11 REPORTS, BRIEFINGS, AND OPERATION ORDERS
  Section I - Reports
  General
  ISVT Report
  Recon Report
  Progress Report
  End-of-Project Report
  Incident Report
  Report Disposition
  Section II - Briefings
  Impromptu Briefing
  Deliberate Briefing
  Briefing Procedures
  Section III - Survey SOPand Supporting Annexes
 
Appendix A MENSURAL CONVERSION CHARTS
 
Appendix B CONTROL-SURVEY STANDARDS
  Differential Leveling
  Horizontal-Angle Measurement
  Trigonometric Observations
  GPS Techniques
 
Appendix C BASIC SURVEY COMPUTATIONS
  Computation of a Two-Point Intersection
  Computation of a Grid Traverse and Side Shots
  Computation of a C-Factor
  Computation of a Level Line
 
Appendix D SURVEY FORMS
 
  GLOSSARY
  BIBLIOGRAPHY
  BLANK FORMS
  AUTHENTICATION PAGE

 

DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release: distribution is unlimited.

* This Field Manual (FM) supersedes FM 5-232, 27 September 1989, and Technical Manuals (TMs) 5-232, 1 June 1971, and 5-237, 30 October 1964. It also supersedes DA Forms 1904, 1 February 1957; 1906, 1 February 1957; 1908, 1 February 1957; 1910, 1 February 1957; 1912, 1 February 1957; 1913, 1 February 1957; 1919, 1 February 1957; 1926, 1 February 1957; 1946, 1 February 1957; 1950, 1 February 1957; 1951, 1 February 1957; 1952, 1 February 1957; 1961, 1 October 1964; 1964, 1 February 1957; 2840, 1 October 1964; 2842, 1 October 1964; 2843, 1 October 1964; 2844, 1 October 1964; 2845, 1 October 1964; 2846, 1 October 1964; 2848, 1 October 1964; 2849, 1 October 1964; 2851, 1 October 1964; 2852, 1 October 1964; 2853, 1 March 1968; 2858, 1 March 1968; 2859, 1 March 1968; 2860, 1 October 1964; 2861, 1 October 1964; 2862, 1 October 1964; 2865, 1 March 1968; and 4727, 1 September 1978.