What’s on the Setting Out by Coordinates poster?

6 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. Set out once, check from somewhere else. Take the design values — Easting, northing and level for the point you actually want.; Occupy a control station — Levelled, centred, with the instrument height measured.; Orient and verify — Backsight a known point, then check a third before starting.; Compute bearing and distance — From the occupied station to the point being set out.; Set out and mark — Turn to the bearing, measure the distance, mark and label it.; Check independently — Re-observe from a different station, never from the same one.. Educational reference. Setting-out tolerances come from the specification, and the check observation is not optional.

Who is the Setting Out by Coordinates poster for?

Setting Out by Coordinates belongs to the Civil Engineering section rather than to a school year, because engineering is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning surveying can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Setting Out by Coordinates poster?

Every time a peg, a pile position or a column line goes in. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Setting Out by Coordinates belongs on the wall where that engineering work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Setting Out by Coordinates?

Areas & Volumes, Bearings and Contours sit alongside Setting Out by Coordinates in the Civil Engineering section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.

Is the Setting Out by Coordinates poster free to download and print?

Yes. Setting Out by Coordinates downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Civil Engineering section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.

What size does the Setting Out by Coordinates poster print at?

Setting Out by Coordinates is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Setting Out by Coordinates loses nothing.

Setting Out by Coordinates — free printable poster

Setting Out by Coordinates — printable engineering wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Setting Out by Coordinates, step by step

Set out once, check from somewhere else.

Take the design valuesEasting, northing and level for the point you actually want.
Occupy a control stationLevelled, centred, with the instrument height measured.
Orient and verifyBacksight a known point, then check a third before starting.
Compute bearing and distanceFrom the occupied station to the point being set out.
Set out and markTurn to the bearing, measure the distance, mark and label it.
Check independentlyRe-observe from a different station, never from the same one.

Join computation

ΔE = E₂ − E₁ and ΔN = N₂ − N₁
Distance = √(ΔE² + ΔN²)
Bearing from ΔE and ΔN, in the right quadrant

Educational reference. Setting-out tolerances come from the specification, and the check observation is not optional.

Questions about the Setting Out by Coordinates poster

What’s on the Setting Out by Coordinates poster?: 6 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. Set out once, check from somewhere else. Take the design values — Easting, northing and level for the point you actually want.; Occupy a control station — Levelled, centred, with the instrument height measured.; Orient and verify — Backsight a known point, then check a third before starting.; Compute bearing and distance — From the occupied station to the point being set out.; Set out and mark — Turn to the bearing, measure the distance, mark and label it.; Check independently — Re-observe from a different station, never from the same one.. Educational reference. Setting-out tolerances come from the specification, and the check observation is not optional.
Who is the Setting Out by Coordinates poster for?: Setting Out by Coordinates belongs to the Civil Engineering section rather than to a school year, because engineering is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning surveying can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Setting Out by Coordinates poster?: Every time a peg, a pile position or a column line goes in. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Setting Out by Coordinates belongs on the wall where that engineering work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Setting Out by Coordinates?: Areas & Volumes, Bearings and Contours sit alongside Setting Out by Coordinates in the Civil Engineering section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Areas & Volumes Bearings Contours
Is the Setting Out by Coordinates poster free to download and print?: Yes. Setting Out by Coordinates downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Civil Engineering section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Setting Out by Coordinates poster print at?: Setting Out by Coordinates is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Setting Out by Coordinates loses nothing.Printing guide

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