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Description

A copy of field notes compiled during the course of the tacheometric survey of Davis Station and vicinity during the 1978-79 summer season.

These data have been scanned and are available for download from the provided URL. The dataset download contains the following file:

Glaciology Tacheometric Survey Near Davis 1978-79.pdf

Taken from Wikipedia:

Tacheometry, is a system of rapid surveying, by which the horizontal and vertical positions of points on the earth's surface relative to one another are determined without using a chain or tape, or a separate levelling instrument. Instead of the pole formerly employed to mark a point, a staff similar to a level staff is used. This is marked with heights from the base or foot, and is graduated according to the form of tacheometer in use.

The horizontal distance is inferred from the vertical angle included between two well-defined points on the staff and the known vertical distance between them. Alternatively, also by readings of the staff indicated by two fixed stadia wires in the diaphragm (reticle) of the telescope. The difference of height is computed from the angle of depression or elevation of a fixed point on the staff and the horizontal distance already obtained. The azimuth angle is determined as formerly. Thus all the measurements requisite to locate a point both vertically and horizontally with reference to the point where the tacheometer is centred are determined by an observer at the instrument without any assistance beyond that of a man to hold the staff.

Access

These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

Temporal Coverages

• Start date: 1978-07-01 - Stop date: 1979-06-30

Spatial Coverages

Science Keywords

• EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW COVER
• EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW COVER

Use Constraints

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Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=davis_tacheometric_1978 when using these data.