12.5 - Coordinate Computation and Adjustment
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Practice Questions
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What is the horizontal distance in surveying?
💡 Hint: Think about the term 'horizontal'.
What does the vertical height difference represent?
💡 Hint: Consider what 'height' refers to.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does HD stand for in surveying?
💡 Hint: What type of distance does 'horizontal' describe?
True or False: The least squares method is used to minimize errors in computed coordinates.
💡 Hint: Think about how we refine measurements.
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Challenge Problems
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You are given three point measurements with their respective horizontal and vertical coordinates. Use the least squares method to adjust them and provide a revised coordinate set.
💡 Hint: Focus on minimizing the total square deviations!
Given a survey loop, calculate the needed traverse closure correction when the initial coordinates do not correspond to the final return to the origin point.
💡 Hint: What happens when your starting and ending points mismatch?
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