OPTIMIZATION OF ANGLES VERSUS DISTANCES ON TRAVERSES

TRAVERSES CONSIST OF ANGLES AND DISTANCES MEASURED WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SETS OF INSTRUMENTS AND USING DIFFERENT FIELD PROCEDURES. A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS WHAT ANGLE MEASURING INSTRUMENT TO USE THAT WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE DISTANCE MEASURING INSTRUMENTATION AND PROCEDURE. THE DIFFERENT COMPATIBILITY CRITERIA BASED UPON ERROR PROPAGATION BEHAVIOR ARE ANALYZED, AND FORMULAS AND TABLES ARE PRESENTED TO DETERMINE THE PRECISION OF THE ANGULAR MEASUREMENT WHEN DISTANCES HAVE BEEN MEASURED WITH TAPE, STADIA, SUBTENSE BAR, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 31st Annual Meeting, pp 148-160, 7 TAB
• Authors:
  • Aguilar, A M
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Surveying and Mapping
  • Publisher: American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Angularity; Distance; Distance measuring equipment; Errors; Measurement; Measuring instruments
• Uncontrolled Terms: Angles
• Old TRIS Terms: Propagation; Traverse methods
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00202892
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: pp 782-785
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 8 2002 12:00AM