field book
Outdoor data log
A field book is a notebook used for recording observations and data while working outdoors—by surveyors, naturalists, geologists, or researchers.
Field books are typically pocket-sized and durably bound to withstand rough handling: She jotted the coordinates in her field book.
The term emphasizes work done in the field rather than the laboratory or office.
- measurementsQuantified sizes or amounts
- tape measureFlexible marked length finder
- observationsNoted perceptions
- surveySystematic data collection
- entriesItems logged or submitted
logbook · recordings · data · fieldwork · scientific expedition · land measurement · grid reference · survey markers · geology · zoology · forestry · triangulation · naturalist · bird watching · plant identification · soil samples · geodesy · notes
- surveyingsurveyor, theodolite, land surveys, survey markers, triangulation
- survey toolsquestionnaire, forms, checklist, rating scale, poll
- Soil EquipmentpH meter, hydrometer
- surveying equipmenttheodolite, theodolites, transit, transits, tripod
field bookfinal report
Concluding written assessment
official record · peer-reviewed article · monograph · thesis · bound volume
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