LRUD

[Philip Balister]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:15:40PM +0100, Wookey wrote:
> +++ Philip Balister [03-07-30 07:08 -0400]:
> > One thing I didn't like about the way compass handled LRUD:
> > 
> > The LRUD data is entered with the shot data. It is assumed to be for the
> > from station. So to enter LRUD data for a terminal shot, you have to create
> > a dummy shot to hold the LRUD data.
> 
> Tiresome isn't it? I think it is much less annoying for US surveyors because
> they tend to do backsights all the time so they can just attach the data to
> whichever set if instrument data is looking the 'right' way.

Actually I don't think this helps since the backsight data is entered with
the frontsight data. But I could be wrong, its been a while since I dealt
with compass.

Philip