How to measure an uneven land which boundries are not straight ,but almost zigzag?

Question

How to measure an uneven land which boundries are not straight ,but almost zigzag?

Answer 1

the above answer is applicable when you try to measure the length of the perimeter of the land. But when you are trying to measure the area, the way is to divide the land into triangles or squares or rectangles (whichever suits most) and then measure the area of each one and then sum up.

Answer 2

using a graph sheet

Answer 3

I guess the first and most accurate way I could think of is (depending on size of course) lay out a string along the border and then measure the string laid out straight to get easier calculations.

If the land is too large you can get one of those wheel/handle measurers that you walk around with and roll it on the ground while it adds up the measurement.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

first you have to survey it, measure all of the angles and lengths.

Transfer those to a piece of paper. You have two alternatives. You can draw it on a piece of graph paper and count all of the little squares. Or you can break the area into rectangles and triangles and calculate the area of each one, and add them up.

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