Abstract
The objectives of the study are stressed on the studies on the errors in volume calculations of earth works by using the mesh method, and on the criteria for determining the optimum mesh intervals.
A test area was applied forr the study in which five different mesh intervals, 5m, 10m, 15m, 20m, and 30m were sampled for the volume calculation.
The results suggest that both absolute error, relative error and the ratio of volume error to the area should be considered in the case of the analysis of errors in volume calculation.
