The Bowditch method of adjusting a traverse is based on the assumption that:
where e1 and e2 are errors in linear and angular measurements respectively and l is the length of a line.
1
\({e_1} \propto \sqrt l \;and\;{e_2} \propto \frac{1}{{\sqrt l }}\;\)
2
\({e_1} \propto \sqrt l \;and\;{e_2} \propto \sqrt l\)
3
\({e_1} \propto \frac{1}{{\sqrt l }}\;and\;{e_2} \propto \sqrt l\)
4
\({e_1} \propto \frac{1}{{\sqrt l }}\;and\;{e_2} \propto \frac{1}{{\sqrt l }}\)