Requirement
2. The field work: a five-sided lot your counselor lays out
Required Often forgotten
An instrument set over one corner, angles and distances recorded to the other four corners and to five nearby features, then the same points measured again by GPS. The lot, the instrument and the direction all come from your counselor.
Notes and warnings
Warning. THIS BADGE CANNOT START UNTIL YOUR COUNSELOR ARRANGES A FIELD SESSION. The requirement says it twice: a five-sided lot LAID OUT BY YOUR COUNSELOR, measured AS DIRECTED BY YOUR COUNSELOR. It also needs a surveying instrument set over a corner and turning angles, and 2(b) needs GPS measurement accurate enough to compare against it. None of that is equipment a Scout owns. Ask about the field session at your first meeting rather than when you reach requirement 2.
What this is made of
Where this step comes from
- Surveying Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 2 · The five-sided lot is laid out by the counselor, and the measurements are taken as the counselor directs.