Column 1 : Enter the names of the stations at which the instrument is set up, say P, Q, R, etc
Column 2 : Enter the names of traverse sides in between an instrument station and its forward station such as PQ, QR, RS etc.
Column 3 : Enter the observed length of the traverse sides.
Column 4 : Enter the angles observed at the stations. These may be included / interior angles or deflection angles. Sum of all the angles are entered in the end of this column. Check if there is any error of closure of the observed angles (The type of checking depends on the on the type of angles observed and the type of traverse).
Column 5 : If there is any error of closure, necessary corrections are to computed and the same is to be presented in this column. Thus, column 5 provides the correction for error of closure (Lesson 28).
Column 6 : After making necessary correction to the observed angles, adjusted angles are computed and thus adjusted angles are represented in column 6.
Column 7 : From the known azimuth (from previous surveying or determined before the starting of traversing) of a line present in the site and/ or from known angle between the line of known azimuth and that of a traverse side, compute the WCB of the all the traverse sides using the adjusted angles of column 6 (Lesson 28). The WCB of traverse sides are represented in column 7.
Column 8 : Compute the consecutive coordinates of the stations in terms of departure and latitude with appropriate algebraic sign from the observed length (Column 3) and the WCB (Column 7) of the sides (Lesson 29). The same are represented in column 8 along proper row and under proper sub-heading. Check the error of closure of the traverse (Lesson 29). If any error is present, adjustment and balancing of traverse is to be done. The algebraic sum of the departures and latitudes are to be represented at the end of the appropriate columns.
Column 9 : The error associated with the traverse is to be distributed to all the stations in such a way that there is no error of closure. Thus, corrections are to be computed for different stations. Usually Bowditch's Analytical method (Lesson 29) is usually adopted to find the correction for each individual consecutive coordinates and the same is represented in column 9 under appropriate sub-heading. At the end of the column, sum of the corrections are also represented. It is to be checked that the total correction should be same as the amount of error but opposite in nature
Column 10 : The adjusted consecutive coordinates of the stations are computed making due corrections (column 9) to the consecutive coordinates (column 8). The adjusted consecutive coordinates of the stations are thus represented in column 10.
Column 11 : From the known coordinates of at least one of the stations the Independent coordinates of all the other stations are computed and the same is represented in column 11.