Topographic calculations

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podrock — 5/18/2023 10:32:54 PM (archived)

If you are mapping using a tape and compass, you need to use the clinometer for the slope and use the trig to adjust accordingly. AKA "Reduction to Horizontal."

Field notebooks typically had a few pages of useful tables and formulas.

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- Thinking out loud. - ER - 5/17/2023 7:02:27 PM
  - Also out loud - podrock - 5/18/2023 2:49:08 AM
    - Slipstick memories - ER - 5/18/2023 3:51:52 AM
      - Tables - podrock - 5/18/2023 4:16:06 PM
        
        What are the tables for? - ER - 5/18/2023 8:27:27 PM
        
        Topographic calculations - podrock - 5/18/2023 10:32:54 PM
        
        It's a great compass, - podrock - 5/19/2023 12:53:06 AM
        
        That's a beauty, all right. - ER - 5/19/2023 3:25:08 AM
        
        The compass underground - podrock - 5/19/2023 3:30:04 AM
        
        I added another img while you were typing. - ER - 5/19/2023 3:34:44 AM
        
        30 years ago - podrock - 5/19/2023 3:46:20 AM
        
        BTW - ER - 5/19/2023 3:37:56 AM
        
        Yup - podrock - 5/19/2023 3:48:22 AM

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