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Hi, I have found something I don't understand in these files.
A point record has a face 1 and face 2 record, then a MTA (mean turned angle) record.

The horizontal circle in the MTA record does not appear to be the average of the two (after converting face 2 to face 1) as you might expect.

I'm sure there is a simple explanation?

		<PointRecord ID="00000454" TimeStamp="2015-11-18T16:11:15">
<Name>R15</Name>
<Code>RETRO</Code>
<Method>DirectReading</Method>
<SurveyMethod>Fix</SurveyMethod>
<Classification>Normal</Classification>
<Deleted>false</Deleted>




<Circle>
<HorizontalCircle>36.2379699</HorizontalCircle>
<VerticalCircle>86.026194</VerticalCircle>
<EDMDistance>44.72911</EDMDistance>
<Face>Face1</Face>
<HorizontalCircleStandardError>0.00027777777778</HorizontalCircleStandardError>
<VerticalCircleStandardError>0.00027777777778</VerticalCircleStandardError>
<EDMDistanceStandardError>0.00208945822</EDMDistanceStandardError>
<EDMMeasurementMode>Fine</EDMMeasurementMode>
</Circle>
<StationID>000003d7</StationID>
<BackBearingID>000003d8</BackBearingID>
<TargetID>000003e4</TargetID>
<Pressure>986.5</Pressure>
<Temperature>20</Temperature>




<ComputedGrid>
<North>15856.297373964</North>
<East>93305.628052364</East>
<Elevation>110.61595261071</Elevation>
</ComputedGrid>
</PointRecord>




<PointRecord ID="00000458" TimeStamp="2015-11-18T16:11:23">
<Name>R15</Name>
<Code>RETRO</Code>
<Method>DirectReading</Method>
<SurveyMethod>Fix</SurveyMethod>
<Classification>Normal</Classification>
<Deleted>false</Deleted>




<Circle>
<HorizontalCircle>216.2377053</HorizontalCircle>
<VerticalCircle>273.9737808</VerticalCircle>
<EDMDistance>44.72942</EDMDistance>
<Face>Face2</Face>
<HorizontalCircleStandardError>0.00027777777778</HorizontalCircleStandardError>
<VerticalCircleStandardError>0.00027777777778</VerticalCircleStandardError>
<EDMDistanceStandardError>0.00208945884</EDMDistanceStandardError>
<EDMMeasurementMode>Fine</EDMMeasurementMode>
</Circle>
<StationID>000003d7</StationID>
<BackBearingID>000003d8</BackBearingID>
<TargetID>000003e4</TargetID>
<Pressure>986.5</Pressure>
<Temperature>20</Temperature>




<ComputedGrid>
<North>15856.297473007</North>
<East>93305.628442692</East>
<Elevation>110.61595446999</Elevation>
</ComputedGrid>
</PointRecord>




<PointRecord ID="0000045c" TimeStamp="2015-11-18T16:11:23">
<Name>R15</Name>
<Code>RETRO</Code>
<Method>MeanTurnedAngle</Method>
<SurveyMethod>Fix</SurveyMethod>
<Classification>MTA</Classification>
<Deleted>false</Deleted>




<MTA>
<HorizontalCircle>334.36614204846</HorizontalCircle>
<VerticalCircle>86.0262066</VerticalCircle>
<EDMDistance>44.729265</EDMDistance>
<HorizontalCircleStandardError/>
<VerticalCircleStandardError/>
<EDMDistanceStandardError/>
<NumberOfHorizontalAngles>2</NumberOfHorizontalAngles>
<NumberOfVerticalAngles>2</NumberOfVerticalAngles>
<NumberOfDistances>2</NumberOfDistances>
</MTA>
<StationID>000003d7</StationID>
<BackBearingID>000003d8</BackBearingID>
<TargetID>000003e4</TargetID>
<Pressure>986.5</Pressure>
<Temperature>20</Temperature>




<ComputedGrid>
<North>15856.297423487</North>
<East>93305.62824753</East>
<Elevation>110.61595354038</Elevation>
</ComputedGrid>
</PointRecord>

 
Posted : November 23, 2015 10:55 am
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I have no experience with these, but I wonder is the MTA (horiz circle) an azimuth?


 
Posted : November 23, 2015 12:26 pm
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That must be it. Somewhere there must be the orientation info.


 
Posted : November 23, 2015 1:26 pm
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What you have is just the foresight angles. You need the backsight angles too. The 334.366 degrees could be the angle right which the result of foresight circle reading minus backsight circle reading.

For example, it could look like this:

(in round numbers for simplicity)

This part is not provided:
BS Face 1 61å¡
BS Face 2 243å¡
BS Mean 62å¡

This part is provided:
FS Face 1 35å¡
FS Face 2 217å¡
FS Mean 36å¡

Reduce the Angles:
36 + 360 = 396

396 - 62 = 334å¡


 
Posted : November 23, 2015 1:58 pm