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Master Farm Structure and Surveying – Notes, Case Studies & Practical Insights – with Rahul

Working Principle of open-cross staff

  • Used to lay out right angles from a chain line.
  • Sight object through the narrow slit in line with the horse hair on the wider slit.
  • Rotate the instrument until the ranging rod is visible in the slit line.
  • Then sight through the perpendicular pair of slits, and have a helper place a ranging rod in that line of sight.
  • The line joining the base of the cross-staff and second ranging rod is perpendicular to the original chain line.

 

Key Points to Remember

  • Open Cross-Staff is basic but effective for right angle setting.
  • No angular measurement is done — only visual alignment.
  • Essential for setting offsets and boundaries in chain surveying.
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