Surveying Calculations
Links to Pertinent Papers


Area Calculations
Optimization Techniques in Curved Area Calculations by F.A. Ahmed, Survey Review, 72(210):163-168, 1883

Area Partitioning
Area Cutoff by Coordinates by N.F. Danial, Survey Review, 27(212):269-281, 1984.
Convenient Method of Cutting Off a Trapezium of Required Area from a Larger Four-Sided Figure by A. I. Bereskin, The Canadian Surveyor, 9:524-528, July 1955.
Subdivision of a Quadrilateral for a Specified Area by H.W. Stoughton, The Canadian Surveyor, 40(2):145-172, 1986.

Astronomy
Azimuth Determination by Solar Observation: New Perspective on an Old Problem by P. Boucher, Surveying and Mapping, 43(3):307-314, 1983.
Measurement of Time Intervals  by R. H. Field,  The Canadian Surveyor, Vol. 9, 520-523, July 1955.
Polaris and Solar Observation Reduction for Azimuth Without the Use of Ephemeris by S. Hashimi, Surveying and Mapping, 45(3):239-245, 1985

Circle-Circle Intersection
Determination of Position with Intersecting Circle by D. F. Mattson, Surveying and Mapping, 33(3):343-355, 1973.

Curve Geometry
Circle Fitting by L. Capon, The Australian Surveyor, 32(5):370-378, 1985.
Computation of Constrained Vertical Curves by N.F. Danial, Surveying and Mapping, 46(4):293-301, 1986.
The Th Function by W.C. Thompson, Surveying and Mapping, 34(2):151-153, 1974.

General
Coordinates and Azimuth Determination from an Inaccessible Baseline by W. H. Treftz, Surveying and Mapping, 45(1):61-64, 1985.
Coordinates, Calculators, and Intersections by E. F. Burkholder, Surveying and Mapping, 46(1):29-39, 1986

Missing Data
Computations for Missing Elements of Closed Traverses by J. A. Root, Surveying and Mapping, 30(4):91-93, 1970.
Computing Missing Elements of a Polygon by H. W. Stoughton, Surveying and Mapping, 35(3):2217-222, 1975.
General Solution for Obtaining the Missing Element in Plane Closes by J.T. Glassock, The Australian Surveyor, 33(3):252-259, 1986.
Remarks on Computations for Missing Elements of Closed Traverses by A. Tarczy-Hornoch, Surveying and Mapping, 37(4):523-526, 1972.

Resection
Another Solution of the Three-Point Problem by N. F. Danial, Surveying and Mapping, 38(4):329-333, 1978.
Coordinate Systems and the Three Point Problem
by H. Klinkenberg, The Canadian Surveyor, 9:508-518, July 1955.
Least Squares Resection Programme by R.F. Rish, The Australian Surveyor, 31(4):243-245, 1982.

Traversing
Adjustment of Single Control Traverses by P. Done, The Australian Surveyor, 31(4):235-241, 1982.
First Method to Adjust a Traverse Based on Statistical Considerations by H.W. Stoughton, Surveying and Mapping, 34(2):145-149, 1974.


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