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《测量评论》2013,45(2):61-66
AbstractThe last twenty-five years have been remarkable for the progress made in the application of science to instrument design and manufacture. Certain instruments such as the Surveyor's Level appeared twenty-five years ago to have almost reached finality of design; but during the intervening period the improvements made have been of so radical a nature that the progress made has been greater than during any corresponding period. In short, the modern level is a more efficient instrument than its prototype and in spite of reductions in size and weight is, capable of yielding more accurate results with a less expenditure of time and energy. In order to appreciate fully how radical these changes have been, a direct comparison may be made between a first-class level as made twenty-five years ago and a similar instrument as made to-day. Twenty-five years ago it was not possible to obtain a level that could be relied upon to remain in adjustment; one that could be quickly checked and easily corrected offered distinct advantages. The Reversible Level was designed with this end in view; and it is proposed to select such an instrument having an objective aperture of 1·65 inches and to compare it with a modern instrument of the same aperture. The focal length of the telescope of the Reversible Level was 16 inches, and the weight of the instrument with its box was 21½ lbs. (Plate VIII, fig. 1). Many surveyors with long experience of this type still speak highly of its reliability and accuracy; it certainly compared very favourably with other instruments of its period. 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(30):457-462
AbstractIn the original geodetic series in Southern Rhodesia—completed by Mr Alexander Simms in 1901—the geographical coordinates of all stations were referred to the point SALISBURYas origin. The coordinates of SALISBURY were fixed by interchange of telegraphic signals with the Royal Observatory at the Cape for longitude, combined with astronomical determinations of time, latitude, and azimuth (see Vol. III, “Geodetic Survey of South Africa”). 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(14):464-472
Abstract The Mythical Spheroid.—The preceding article dealt with the fact that the spheroid of reference is a myth and that, even if it were not, we could not get hold of it at any given place. In order to apply corrections to observed quantities or, more generally, to operate upon them mathematically, we must make some assumption such as that of the spheroidal level surface. Probably a lot of harm has been done by attaching the notion of too concrete a thing to the spheroid. Disputes and misconceptions have arisen. People talk of“putting the spheroid down at a point” and imagine that the obedient thing is still at their feet when they get to another point, perhaps distant, in their system of triangulation or what not. Actually the spheroid may be disobedient not only as regards the direction of the vertical but also because it is above their heads or below their feet. What happens is that at each point afresh the computer treats the observations as if they were made there on the surface of a spheroid. In the same way, but travelling still farther along the road of hypothesis, he may treat observations for astronomical positions as if the compensation for visible elevations were uniformly distributed as a deficiency of density down to a depth of 122·2 kilometres. That was the depth which happened to give the smallest sum of squares of residuals in a certain restricted area, but nobody imagines that it corresponds with a physical reality, especially the ·2! It was a convenient mathematical instrument which, once the theory was to be given a trial, had to be fashioned out of some assumption or another. All this has little to do with geodetic levelling but is meant to try to banish the spheroid out of the reader's mind or at least to the back of his mind. In what follows we shall be compelled to make a certain amount of use of the family of spheroids but always with the above strictures in view. 相似文献
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Summary The discrepancy between precision and accuracy in astronomical determinations is usually explained in two ways: on the one
hand by ostensible large refraction anomalies and on the other hand by variable instrumental errors which are systematic over
a certain interval of time and which are mainly influenced by temperature.In view of the research of several other persons and the author’s own investigations, the authors are of the opinion that
the large night-errors of astronomical determinations are caused by variable, systematic instrumental errors dependent on
temperature. The influence of refraction anomalies is estimated to be smaller than 0″.1 for most of the field stations.
The possibility of determining the anomalous refraction from the observations by the programme given by Prof. Pavlov and Anderson
has also been investigated. The precision of the determination of the anomalous refraction is good as long as no other systematic
error working in a similar way is present.The results, which are interpreted as an effect of the anomalous refraction by Pavlov and Sergijenko, could also be interpreted
as a systematic instrumental error.
It is furthermore maintained thatthe latitude and longitude of a field station can be determined in a few hours of one night if the premisses given in [3, p.68]are kept.
It has been deplored that the determination of the azimuth has not been given the necessary attention. It is therefore proposed
to intensify the research on this problem.
The profession has been called upon to acquaint itself better with the valuable possibilities of astronomical determinations
and to apply them in a useful and appropriate manner. At the same time, attention has been called to the possibility of improving
astronomical determinations with regard to accuracy as well as effectiveness. 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(2):57-61
AbstractThe following investigation originated in some experiments that were made to discover the best way of using the Wild Universal Theodolite for astronomical observations. The special features of this instrument can be best realized if they are classified as advantages and disadvantages. 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(94):372-376
AbstractIn the October 1953 issue of this Review (E.S.R. xii, 90, 174), Mr. J. G. Freislich has written of the difficulties of a southern hemisphere computer attempting to use astronomical formulae from a textbook prepared for use in the northern hemisphere. He proposes a solution in which different conventions are adopted in the two hemispheres, leading to different formulae for the two cases, a solution which the present writer does not favour. 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(46):496-498
Abstract1. General.—The size of this Report has been curtailed as far as possible in the interests of economy of reproduction and stationery. The usual annexures giving details of the work in the Drawing Office, the Lithographic Reproduction Press, and the Trigonometrical Survey have been relegated to the Departmental Records for use as required. 相似文献
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Erik W. Grafarend 《Journal of Geodesy》1985,59(2):124-138
Summary From a two-dimensional network adjustment it is well understood that the one orientation unknown of a theodolite frame is
estimable, once the orientation datum parameter, e.g., one azimuth, is fixed. In three-dimensional networks the problem of
estimability of three orientation unknowns inherent in a theodolite frame is more complex. Here we prove that not only the
classical horizontal orientation unknown is estimable (up to the datum degrees of freedom), but also astronomical longitude
and astronomical latitude which can be considered as two additional orientation unknowns of the theodolite frame moving with
respect to an earth-fixed equatorial frame of reference. Thus the theodolite instrument can be considered—at least theoretically—a
gradiometer measuring the variation of the directional parameters of the gravity vector from one point to another. Or up to
the datum degrees of freedom astronomical longitude and astronomical latitude can be determined from only theodolite observations
between exclusively terrestrial points. M?nicke (1982), has shown that despite the refraction problem the method works sufficiently
well in practice. 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(16):72-80
AbstractIt was suggested some time ago in the Review (E.S.R., vol. ii, no. 9, p. 182) that observing procedure in a ruling triangulation should be made the subject of a discussion at the forthcoming Empire Survey Conference. I hope it will be. We shall perhaps learn why India finds thirty measures necessary, as no doubt they are necessary in India, whereas South Africa and Southern Rhodesia are able to secure much the same degree of accuracy from the same instrument with only eight; why Canada, again with the same instrument, prefers the golden mean of sixteen; why some of us still prefer the measurement of angles to directions vvhile others would insist entirely on the measurement of directions from a “close” R.O. It is only by pooling the experiences gained in diverse circumstances that we can avoid being overborne by our own successes or failures, encountered possibly in very exceptional circumstances which may not recur. 相似文献
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AbstractCountersection is a jointure of intersection and resection. In addition to the elementary problem of a single triangle, whereof one angle is intersecting and one resecting—sometimes known as the problem of “lining in”—, there are many others of a nature somewhat more complex. 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(49):99-107
AbstractThe problem of dividing the circle into equal parts has occupied the minds of astronomers and instrument makers from the earliest times, but little is known of the methods adopted by such renowned observers as Hevelius or Tycho Brahe, who are said to have divided their own instruments (I). It is possible, however, to trace the various steps by which progress was made and to appreciate the urgent need that was felt, particularly throughout the eighteenth century, for improvement in the accuracy of astronomical instruments, if only to satisfy the increasing demands for navigational charts and for the means of determining the position of a ship at sea. 相似文献
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AbstractThe constant K in equation (12) represents distance expended through time lags in the instrument itself, and, although the value of K can be calculated from electrical data, this would not be very satisfactory and it would be better to determine it directly by means of observations over a line of known length. In addition, the point from which K would be reckoned is not a convenient one for actual field measurements. Instead of this, it is more convenient to choose an index mark on the instrument itself and referall measurements to this and thence to the mark over which the instrument is set up. 相似文献
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J. C. Owens 《Journal of Geodesy》1968,42(3):277-291
The development of lasers, new electro-optic light modulation methods, and improved electronic techniques have made possible
significant improvements in the range and accuracy of optical distance measurements, thus providing not only improved geodetic
tools but also useful techniques for the study of other geophysical, meteorological, and astronomical problems. One of the
main limitations, at present, to the accuracy of geodetic measurements is the uncertainty in the average propagation velocity
of the radiation due to inhomogeneity of the atmosphere. Accuracies of a few parts in ten million or even better now appear
feasible, however, through the use of the dispersion method, in which simultaneous measurements of optical path length at
two widely separated wavelengths are used to determine the average refractive index over the path and hence the true geodetic
distance. The design of a new instrument based on this method, which utilizes wavelengths of6328 ? and3681 ? and3 GHz polarization modulation of the light, is summarized. Preliminary measurements over a5.3 km path with this instrument have demonstrated a sensitivity of3×10
−9
in detecting changes in optical path length for either wavelength using1-second averaging, and a standard deviation of3×10
−7
in corrected length. The principal remaining sources of error are summarized, as is progress in other laboratories using
the dispersion method or other approaches to the problem of refractivity correction. 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(40):76-93
AbstractIn two previous articles (E.S.R., vol. iv, nos. 23 and 25) it was shown that, at the time of maximum diurnal temperature in the tropics, a definite relationship exists in the lower layers of the atmosphere between the magnitude of the coefficient of terrestrial refraction at a point and the height of that point above plain level, provided the weather is fine and clear. In fact the coefficient K increases with the height h, within certain limits which are probably defined by the condensation layer. 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(56):53-68
AbstractThis extremely simple and elegant method of computing geographical co-ordinates, given the initial azimuth and length of line from the standpoint, was published by Col. A. R. Clarke in 1880. There is no other known method giving the same degree of accuracy with the use of only three tabulated spheroidal factors. Clarke himself regarded this as an approximate formula (vide his remark in section 5, p. 109, “Geodesy”); but as this article demonstrates, it is capable of a high degree of precision in all occupied lati tudes when certain corrections are applied to the various terms. These corrections are comparatively easy to compute, require no further spheroidal factors, and some of them may be tabulated directly once and for all. 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(70):330-344
AbstractThe late war has been responsible for many unusual situations—not the least of which was that of certain British Colonial Surv1ey Offices passing under the control of an Asiatic Invader, and it is thought that the story of one of them—the Survey Department of Malaya—will not be without interest to readers of this Review. 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(83):224-230
AbstractMr. A. J. Morley has contributed a series of articles in the Review (E.S.R., iv, 23, 16; iv, 25, 136 and vi, 40, 76) on the adjustment of trigonometrical levels and the evaluation of the coefficient of terrestrial refraction with a view to ascertaining how other Colonies and Dominions deal with these problems. This object is very commendable as several problems concerning both the observational and theoretical sides arise in height determinations, regarding which there is not much guidance in the usual treatises on the subject. 相似文献
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《测量评论》2013,45(7):24-28
AbstractMeasured deviations of the vertical have been used in support, or in destruction, of such pleasant little diversions as the theory of isostasy. They have also been used to adjust a triang~lation for swing, by methods which may fairly be criticized; but they have not, as far as I know, been used for reducing the horizontal measures of a triangulation to the standard conventional level of the spheroid of reference. In most cases such corrections would, of course, be too small to worry about, but it by no means follows that they are always small. In the case of a continental arc of meridian traversing a very disturbed mountainous region exhibiting certain constant tendencies, it should at least be demonstrated that they are small before the question can be considered finally settled. 相似文献
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none 《The Cartographic journal》2013,50(2):119-134
AbstractFighting the 1914–18 war largely on enemy territory in both the east and the west, German was at a disadvantage compared to the Allies when it came to survey and mapping as it did have access to much of the geodetic, topographic and cartographic data, relating to this terrain, necessary for modern warfare — in particular for artillery survey. German and Austria did, however, have a commanding lead in terrestrial and aerial photogrammetry, and the latter was to prove crucial in the production of accurate large-scale maps of enemy and occupied territory. Despite strong forces of conservatism in the high and field commands and in the artillery and military survey organizations, new air survey methods based on the photogoniometer and radial triangulation were rapidly developed. Through continual laboratory and field experimentation and testing, German was to increase her lead in aerial photogrammetry, and by the end of the war had not only set up a completely new air survey organization but was developing a new generation of optical-mechanical stereoplotting instruments of great precision. German progress was not, however, evident in all fields of military survey, and this paper examines the approaches taken by German to survey and mapping on the Western Front, and briefly compares and contrasts them with those of the Allies. 相似文献