GaMa XML Input

Jim Sutherland <[email protected]> Mon, 01 Mar 2004 21:35:49 -0800
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Hi Ales:

Thank you for adding me to your mailing list.  I am most impressed with =
your work on the GaMa project.  Here is a link to a project that I am =
partly involved in.  We are re-engineering our legal survey plans =
registry model to accept digital plan submissions.  Land XML has been =
chosen as the standard survey data observation information exchange =
format.  You may find it interesting to look at the quick overview of =
the project to date.  We are finalizing phase 3 of defining the detailed =
business and systems architecture.
http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/dspp/Docs/AGM2004.ppt

As a personal home project I have done some research on using elevated =
aerial panorama's (up to 25 feet above ground level) for deriving =
directions like a low accuracy theodolite.  Several images are mapped =
together to create an equirectangular map projection.  As the image is =
conformal, I am able to point to image targets (usually not more than 60 =
metres away) to obtain directions from the image.  I just tape distances =
to obtain scale.  I did some internet research and found your wonderful =
GaMa program, created a 2D network and adjusted the small local network. =
 I am amazed at your excellent documentation.  I created the GaMa input =
file in a spreadsheet and ran the adjustment the first time and =
discovered I had a couple of syntax errors.  I re-ran the adjustment and =
was very pleased with your program results and output file.  An =
excellent program.  The adjustment shows internal angular precision of =
about eight minutes sexigesimal units.  The derived directions were then =
compared to survey accurate measurements which confirmed about an eight =
minute average accuracy for the derived directions.

Regards,
Jim Sutherland
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<DIV>Hi Ales:</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Thank you for adding me to your mailing list.&nbsp; I am most =
impressed=20
with your work on the GaMa project.&nbsp; Here is a link to a project =
that I am=20
partly involved in.&nbsp; We are re-engineering our legal survey plans =
registry=20
model to accept digital plan submissions.&nbsp; Land XML has been chosen =
as the=20
standard survey data observation information exchange format.&nbsp; You =
may find=20
it interesting to look at the quick overview of&nbsp;the project to =
date.&nbsp;=20
We are finalizing phase 3 of defining the detailed business and systems=20
architecture.</DIV>
<DIV><A=20
href=3D"http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/dspp/Docs/AGM2004.ppt">http://srmwww.gov.=
bc.ca/dspp/Docs/AGM2004.ppt</A></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>As&nbsp;a personal home project I have done some research on using =
elevated=20
aerial panorama's (up to 25 feet above ground level) for deriving =
directions=20
like a low accuracy theodolite.&nbsp; Several images are mapped together =
to=20
create an equirectangular map projection.&nbsp; As the image is =
conformal, I am=20
able to point to&nbsp;image targets (usually not more than 60 metres =
away) to=20
obtain directions from the image.&nbsp; I just tape distances&nbsp;to =
obtain=20
scale.&nbsp; I did some internet research and found your&nbsp;wonderful =
GaMa=20
program,&nbsp;created a 2D network and&nbsp;adjusted the small local=20
network.&nbsp;&nbsp;I am amazed at your excellent documentation.&nbsp; I =
created=20
the GaMa input file in a spreadsheet and ran the adjustment the first=20
time&nbsp;and discovered I had a couple of syntax errors.&nbsp; I re-ran =
the=20
adjustment and was very pleased with your program results and output=20
file.&nbsp;&nbsp;An excellent program.&nbsp; The adjustment shows =
internal=20
angular&nbsp;precision of about eight minutes sexigesimal =
units.&nbsp;&nbsp;The=20
derived directions were then compared to survey accurate measurements =
which=20
confirmed about an eight minute average accuracy for the derived=20
directions.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Jim Sutherland</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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