Supported Traverses

There are multiple ways to successfully observe and record a traverse. Usually, traverses are set up for the purposes of establishing or transferring horizontal and vertical control from a known station to a new location. The following illustrations are provided as a reference to demonstrate the possible configurations and observations which are necessary before n4ce will successfully compute and adjust the coordinates of unknown stations.

A Control Traverse, Start and end coordinates are known.

The special case of control where the start and end baseline are the same.

Pipe Traverse where the final reading is to a known point.

Loop Traverse has one fixed point and a back bearing to orientate it.

Open traverse; distances are averaged both ways but have no positional or bearing closure.