Spectra Precision Survey Pro v5.2 - Manual (Page 10)

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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.