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Halbsätze

English translation: half sets

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German term or phrase:Halbsätze
English translation:half sets
Entered by: Raymond Peat

01:42 Nov 16, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Surveying / GPS and terrestrial surveying
German term or phrase: Halbsätze
"Messung in 2 Lagen je als Halbsätze"

Report regarding methods with which an area was surveyed.
Félicien Sirois
United States
Local time: 18:56
half sets
Explanation:
Surveyors take sets of measurements in at least two different ways in order to work to some extent in a self-checking manner. A common example is a 'face left' half set of observations followed by a 'face right' half set, together making a 'full set' of observations. This face left and face right approach involved turning the telescope 180 degrees vertically between half sets.
This example here seems to be a way of spotting big (human) errors in reading the readings by taking two half sets of observations and shifting the horizontal circle (on which the angle readings are read) by a random amount between half sets. I have never used it nor have I seen any previous reference to it. Hence my medium confidence.
I would imagine there are many different variations of half sets around, depending on what is being observed and checked for.
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Raymond Peat
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:56
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half sets


Explanation:
Surveyors take sets of measurements in at least two different ways in order to work to some extent in a self-checking manner. A common example is a 'face left' half set of observations followed by a 'face right' half set, together making a 'full set' of observations. This face left and face right approach involved turning the telescope 180 degrees vertically between half sets.
This example here seems to be a way of spotting big (human) errors in reading the readings by taking two half sets of observations and shifting the horizontal circle (on which the angle readings are read) by a random amount between half sets. I have never used it nor have I seen any previous reference to it. Hence my medium confidence.
I would imagine there are many different variations of half sets around, depending on what is being observed and checked for.

Raymond Peat
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6
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Reference: Definition/Erläuterung

Reference information:
Ein Halbsatz ist das Messen von horizontalen Richtungen in einer Fernrohrlage.
Weiterführende Bemerkung:
Zwei Halbsätze entsprechen nach der Genauigkeit einem Vollsatz. Der zweite Halbsatz wird in der zweiten Fernrohrlage gemessen.
Erfolgt ein manuelles Ablesen und Aufschreiben der Messwerte, ist der Teilkreis zwischen den Halbsätzen um einen kleinen, unrunden Wert zu verstellen. Dadurch können grobe Fehler erkannt werden.
http://gwb.aengler-online.de/index.php?PHPSESSID=e3e5e53c3b7...

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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