ANGULAR REFERENCE TIES

THE ANGULAR REFERENCE SYSTEM PROVIDES A METHOD TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF RELOCATING LOST POINTS AND IS OF PARTICULAR USE TO THOSE ENGAGED IN HIGHWAY SURVEYING ON BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND LOCATION SURVEYS. THE ANGLE MEASURED BETWEEN TWO POINTS FROM A THIRD POINT (THE SURVEY POINT) DEFINES A CIRCULAR CURVE OF UNKNOWN LENGTH AND RADIUS. IF THE ANGLE IS MEASURED AT THE ORIGINAL SURVEY POINT BETWEEN TWO REFERENCE POINTS, A UNIQUE CIRCULAR CURVE WILL BE DEFINED WHICH CAN BE REESTABLISHED LATER IF THE SURVEY POINT IS DISTURBED OR DESTROYED. VALUABLE CONTROL MONUMENTS AND LAND CORNERS CAN BE PRESERVED FOR LONG PERIODS IF THEY ARE CAREFULLY REFERENCED TO SUBSTANTIAL OBJECTS WITH ANGULAR TIES.

• Authors:
  • Mattson, D F
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 33-8
• Serial:
  • Surveying and Mapping
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Methodology; Surveying
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203803
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 1973 12:00AM