Josh Petty G Harris ENG 101 BD September 17‚ 2013 Can You Find Me Now How is a Nintendo Wii game console able to determine the location of a Wii Remote while a player interacts with a game? The answer is triangulation‚ a process that determines the location of an object by measuring the angles from two or more fixed points. Surveyors often use triangulation to measure distance. Starting at a known location and elevation‚ surveyors measure a length to create a base line and then use a theodolite
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FIELD WORK NO. 5 DIFFERENTIAL LEVELING I. OBJECTIVES: To determine the elevation of points relative to a reference point by differential leveling II. INSTRUMENTS: Engineer’s level‚ Leveling Rods‚ Marking Pins III. DISCUSSION: Direct leveling is the commonly employed method of determining the elevation of points some distance apart by a series of set ups of a leveling instrument along a selected route. This method of leveling is also referred to‚ as spirit leveling since the device
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On February 2013‚ a survey was given out to the Social Work 411 class. The purpose of the survey was to determine how the lack of sleep affects a student’s academic performance. A series of questions were asked to determine the average amounts of sleep students get on a weekly bases‚ and if they encountered any difficulties sleeping. A total of 26 surveys were handed 25 were completed during this study. Of the individuals surveyed‚ 96 percent of participants are female‚ and (4) percent were male
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Rizal as an Engineer Rizal was a licensed land surveyor before he took up medicine. This training enabled him to engage in civil engineering works. Among his achievements were the dam and waterworks he constructed in Dapitan in 1894 through the help of his pupils. The waterworks were built using stones‚ cast-off tiles‚ bamboo pipes‚ and mortar from burnt coral. He also invented a brick making machine‚ and a preparation of bakhaw paste‚ useful for roof construction because of its water resistance
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Target Customer The target customers for the 100 GB Dropbox Student Offering accounts are college students‚ both undergraduate and graduate students alike. These students should have a need for a larger amount of storage than the 2 GB offered as a free service. In addition to requiring additional storage these students should have the
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Advantages and Disadvantage of Total Instrument Operation Advantages -The first advantages is that total station can be a relatively cheap means of fast‚ high-precision measurements. -Total station needs line of site‚ but it does not need visibility of the sky. Total station can be used indoors‚ in a mine‚ or under tree cover that would not be suitable for GPS measurement. -Third‚ total station is suited to take ground measurements. Whereas GPS is best suited to grid or geodetic measurements
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Standard Letters for Building Contractors‚ Third Edition David Chappell Blackwell Science Standard Letters for Building Contractors Other books by David Chappell Parris’s Standard Form of Building Contract Third edition David Chappell 0-632-02195-0 Building Contract Dictionary Third edition David Chappell‚ Derek Marshall‚ Vincent Powell-Smith and Simon Cavender 0-632-03964-7 The JCT Intermediate Form of Contract Second edition David Chappell and Vincent Powell-Smith 0-632-03965-5 The
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GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA MINISTRY OF HEALTH BID EVALUATION REPORT FOR PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF MAINTENANCE BUILDING AT BASE HOSPITAL - SOORIYAWEWA MAY 2012 BID EVALUATION REPORT Project: | Proposed Construction of Maintenance Building at Base Hospital‚ Sooriyawewa | Client: | Ministry of Health‚Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | | No. 385‚ Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha‚ Colombo 10 | Consultant: | ABC Consultants‚
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OBSERVED PC TS 12m 0 2 6m 0.10m PC 0 0.79m 3 6m 2.65m 4 12m 6.28m PT ST 12m 0 2’ 6m 0.10m PT 0 0.79m 3’ 6m 2.65m 4’ 12m 6.28m SIGNATURE OF STUDENT ADVANCED SURVEYING 40 Discussion: In field work number 7‚ Laying of a spiral easement curve using transit and tape‚ we learned how to compute for the needed values in order to plot a spiral curve on the ground. Spiral curves are used instead
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UDB312 THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE QUANTIRY SURVEYOR ASSIGNMENT 1: ESSAY QUESTION 3: Quantity Surveying Business Strategy “If it’s not adding value‚ bin it.” [Source: Quantity Surveyors Division of The RICS (1998)‚ The Challenge of Change: QS think tank 1998: Questioning the future of the profession‚ London: RICS Publication] Quantity surveying is one of the most crucial professions in construction and building industry. Quantity surveyor‚ also known as Cost Engineer or Construction Economist
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