Task · part of 2. The field work: a five-sided lot your counselor lays out
2(a). Set the instrument, sight a reference corner, and measure everything
Required Often forgotten
Over one corner of the five-sided lot, sighting another corner for reference, using radial measurement: record the angle turned and the distance measured to each remaining corner, and to five topographic features nearby (trees, shrubs, rocks). These field notes are what requirement 3 is drawn from.
Notes and warnings
Note. These field notes are the whole input to requirement 3, which plots them with a protractor and scale and submits a neatly drawn copy. Notes that are legible and complete on the day are worth a great deal more than notes tidied up from memory a week later, when there is no way to check a doubtful angle.
Where this step comes from
- Surveying Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 2(a)