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A ranging rod is a surveying instrument used to mark positions and enable sightings during surveys. Originally made of bamboo or wood, ranging rods are now typically made of wood, metal, or fiberglass and are painted with alternating bands of color. They are usually 2-3 meters long and 30 mm in diameter. Longer ranging rods over 3-6 meters are called range poles. An offset rod is also used to measure small offsets from the survey line and has no flag at the top.

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Ranging Rod - Wikipedia

A ranging rod is a surveying instrument used to mark positions and enable sightings during surveys. Originally made of bamboo or wood, ranging rods are now typically made of wood, metal, or fiberglass and are painted with alternating bands of color. They are usually 2-3 meters long and 30 mm in diameter. Longer ranging rods over 3-6 meters are called range poles. An offset rod is also used to measure small offsets from the survey line and has no flag at the top.

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Ranging rod

A ranging rod (or range rod) is a surveying


instrument used for marking the position
of stations, and for sightings of those
stations, as well as for ranging straight
lines.[1] Initially these were made of light,
thin and straight bamboo, or of well
seasoned wood such as teak, pine or
deodar. They were shod with iron at the
bottom and surmounted with a flag about
250 mm square in size. [2] Nowadays they
are made of wood, metal or fibreglass. The
rods are usually about 30 mm in diameter
and 2 m or 3 m long, painted with
alternating bands, such as red and white,
red and yellow, or black and white, in
lengths of 200 mm (i.e. one link length of
metric chain), 500 mm, or one foot. These
colours are used so that the rod can be
properly sighted in case of long distance
or bad weather. Ranging rods of greater
length, e.g. 3 to 6 m, are called ranging or
range poles, and are used for very long
survey lines.[3] Another type of ranging rod
is known as an offset rod, which has no
flag at the top. It is used for measuring
small offsets from the survey line when
the work is of an ordinary nature.[4]

Ranging rod and Offset rod

Notes
When the ranging rods are limited, thin
sticks 400 mm to 1 m length with white
papers in the cuts at tops can serve their
purpose. Such sticks are pointed at the
bottom and are cut from wood. These are
called as whites.
See also
Level staff
Tape (surveying)
Road curve
Survey camp

References
1. "free dictionary" (http://www.thefreediction
ary.com/_/dict.aspx?rd=1&word=ranging+r
od) . Retrieved 19 November 2014.

2. Surveying by prof. Cl Kocher in chapter


Linear Measurements, page no. 19

3. "elementary surveying instruments" (http://


www.fao.org/docrep/r7021e/r7021e02.ht
m) . Retrieved 19 November 2014.
4. Surveying by prof. Cl Kocher, page 20

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