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HORIZONTAL CONTROL POINT [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Surveying
DEF

A point whose horizontal coordinates, or whose distance and direction to other points of like kind, are known accurately enough that they can be assumed known in further surveys.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Arpentage
CONT

[...] le nombre de points de contrôle nécessaire peut être ajusté par rapport à la réalité du terrain [...] Pour la basse résolution, la disposition des points de contrôle doit respecter la densité suivante [...] Un point de contrôle vertical tous les deux modèles et un point de contrôle horizontal tous les six modèles.

Spanish

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