Ideas in this flowchart

• Calculating corrections caused by tape tilt
• Measurements used to quantify the tape tilt
• The difference between the two edge-of-water elevations provides the rise
• The distance between those stations provides the run
• Dividing rise by run gives the tape slope
• The tape slope is used to calculate a correction for each station
• Each correction is based on the station’s distance from the reference point
• The correction is applied to every elevation
• A spreadsheet makes the correction practical to apply consistently