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Appendix C Elevation Studies & 3-D Dipstick Topo Maps
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Step 1 – Collecting the Outer Box
You’ll collect the first box that bounds the exterior perimeter, 36 ft on a side. Start at the northwest corner in the
drawing to the right (marked Box1 Start/End) and walk the Dipstick south until you reach the end of the area to be
measured. As you do this, stop every 4 ft and mark a circle around the Dipstick foot that is 4 ft away from the last
marked location. This will make the first Box go slow, but you’ll need these locations later. When you reach the first
corner of Box1, wait for the beep, then press the letter “C” on the keyboard of the Dipstick computer. The Dipstick will
“beep” at you to let you know it marked this corner. This is not a new reading. (The Dipstick can only make one sound,
“beep” so don’t worry, this is not another step.) Do not stop the data collection program. Now turn the Dipstick and
walk towards the east as shown above, until you reach the 2
nd
corner of Box1. Do not mark every 4 ft on this leg. After
you hear the beep when you reach the end, press the letter “C” again to mark this corner. Then turn north and walk all
the way to the 3
rd
corner of Box1, again marking a circle around the Moon feet every 4 ft., and press the letter “C” again
after you reach the corner. Finally, walk the Dipstick back to the west until you reach the start/end point of Box1. Press
<Enter> to stop collecting data. The end of this leg is exactly the same point where you started from. Do not mark
every 4 ft on this leg. This completes the first box – the outer black box – in the picture above. You will have walked a
big “box” and you will have marked the line every 4 ft on the west and east sides as shown in the picture above.
Step 2 – Collecting the Inner Boxes
Go 8 ft down (south) from the start point of the outer box, and set the back end of the Dipstick on the circle you marked
there, with the start end of the Dipstick facing east across the outside Box. Note: this is 8 ft down, not 4 ft down from
the start point. You will be at the start/end point of Box2. Start a new run, and collect data from here all the way across
to the other side of the large outer box. When you reach the 1
st
corner of Box2, press the letter “C” on the keyboard,
then turn north and walk 4 steps to the 2
nd
corner of Box2. Again, press the letter “C” here. Then turn the Dipstick
toward the west and collect data all the way back across until you reach the 3
rd
corner of Box2, and press “C” once
more, then turn the Dipstick south and collect 4 more steps. You will be at exactly the same point where you started
Box2. Press <Enter> to stop collecting data in Box2. Pick up the Dipstick and walk 8 ft farther south (8 ft, not 4) then
collect Box3 the same way. Continue collecting data in boxes this way until your inner boxes fill the space inside the
outer box as shown above.
Step 3 - Editing the Data
You can do this on the Dipstick computer or on your desktop or laptop computer. Select the first (large, outer) box and
use EDIT/UNBOX. If you have pressed the letter “C” each time you reached a corner, the computer will fill in the
corner locations for you. If you forgot to type the letter “C” in the corners, you can fill it in now. When you press
<Enter>, the computer will calculate and adjust for the bias on this box, and it will break the box into 4 legs. What’s
more, the 3
rd
and 4
th
legs will be reversed, so they will look as if they had been collected in the same direction as legs # 1
and #2. Now select Box1/A and use REPORT/DATA POINT LISTING to get the elevations of the points that are 4 ft
apart on the first leg of the outer box. Write down or print and circle the elevations of the start point, point number 4,
point number 8, point number 12, point # 16, and so on. You want the elevations of every 4
th
point on leg Box1\A.
Now open the Run Header for Box2, and type in the start point elevation for Box2. The elevation of the start point of
Box2 is the same as the elevation of point 8 on Box1\A. Now use EDIT/UNBOX for Box2.
Now open the Run Header for Box3, and type in the start point elevation for Box3. The elevation of the start point of
Box3 is the same as the elevation of point 16 on Box1\A. Now use EDIT/UNBOX for Box3.
Repeat this process for all the other Boxes.
Step 4 - Making ASCII Elevation files
At the Run level, highlight Box1\A and use REPORT/ELEVATIONS (fle) and it will make an ASCII Elevation file
from the Run you have highlighted, and it will store the new ASCII file inside the Job folder. You can do this over and
over for each of the runs in the project.
Speed Tip: Instead of making the ASCII files one-by-one, go to the Run level and ensure that all the long runs are
marked with the Run Flag “A”, and that no other Runs are marked with a Run Flag “A”. You can mark or unmark Runs
by highlighting them in the RFCollect program and using EDIT/RUN HEADER, and checking (or unchecking) the
ASTM E-1155 box. After doing this, go up to the Surface Level and choose
REPORT / MULTIPLE REPORTS (BATCH) / ASCII ELEVATIONS (File).
This will instantly create and save ASCII Elevation files for all the Runs that were marked with the Run Flag “A”. You
will still need to make ASCII files manually for all the short 4-ft runs, since they cannot be marked with the checkmark
for ASTM E-1155. This completes the 4th step.