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Conventions used – Spectra Precision Survey Pro v5.3 User Manual

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Conventions Used

The following conventions are used:

• Text strings in

bold font represent the names of software items such as

fields, buttons, check boxes, tabs, messages, screens, menus, etc.

• The symbol “>” is placed between menus, tabs and/or buttons to indicate

that you have to tap on these parts successively in that order.

• When referring to both optical instruments and GNSS receivers, the term

“instruments” will be used to encompass the two types of equipment.

The following acronyms and abbreviations are used:

• BS: Backsight

• EDM: Electronic Distance Meter

• NEE: Northing, Easting, Elevation (grid coordinates)

• HA: Horizontal Angle

• LLH: Latitude, Longitude, Height (geodetic coordinates)

• PPM: Part Per Million

• SD: Slope Distance

• SS: Side Shot

• ZA: Zenith Angle

The following conventions are used when inputting or outputting angles:

Azimuths, latitudes, longitudes are entered in degrees-minutes-seconds

format and are represented as DD.MMSSsss, where:

DD: One or more digits representing the degrees

MM: Two digits representing the minutes

SS: Two digits representing the seconds

sss: Zero or more digits representing the decimal fraction part of the

seconds.

E.g.: 212.0805 would indicate 212 degrees, 8 minutes and 5 seconds.

Bearings can be entered in either of the following formats:

– S32.0805W to indicate South 32 degrees, 8 minutes, 5 seconds West.

– 3 32.0805 to indicate 32 degrees, 8 minutes, 5 seconds in quadrant 3.

When a field accepts a time for its input, the time is entered in hours-minutes-
seconds format, which is represented as HH.MMSSsss, where:

HH: One or more digits representing the hours

MM: Two digits representing the minutes

SS: Two digits representing the seconds

sss: Zero or more digits representing the decimal fraction part of the

seconds.