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Leveling
- directly or indirectly measuring vertical distances
Level
surface - curved surface
Level
line - curved line
Horizontal
surface - plane that is tangent to a level surface
Horizontal
line - straight line in horizontal plane
Vertical
line - parallel to the distance of gravity
Meansealevel
- imaginary surface of the sea
Datum
- parallel with mean sea level
Elevation
- vertical distance above or below mean sea level
Differenceinelevation
- difference between two level surface Iin which the pointz lie
DirectorSpirit
leveling - common method in determining the elevation of points some distance
Reciprocal
leveling - accurately determining the difference in elevation between two intervisible points
Trigonometric
leveling - employed in determining by trigonometric computation
Profile
leveling - used to determine differences in elevation between two points at designated short measured
Stadia
level - combines features of direct leveling with those trigonometric leveling
Barometric
leveling - determining the difference in elevation between points by measuring the variation in atmospheric pressure
Cross-section
leveling - short profiles at right angles
Borrow-Pit
leveling - determining the relative elevation
Dumpy
Level - is the most widely used direct leveling instrument
Wye
level - very indetical to the dumpy level
Builder's
level - used in different phases of building construction
Automatic
level - self leveling features
Tilting
level - can be tilted
Lasers
level - use of lasers
Hand
level - surveys involving short sights where a low order of accuracy is sufficient
Geodetic
level - basically another type of tilting level
Transitasalevel
- refered to as the universal surveying instrument