Representing the direction of a line with bearings is a long-standing tradition that continues today on plats, legal descriptions, site plans, and other documents. Calculating the direction of a line ...

Calculating the traverse that represents a parcel can benefit significantly from something that is not properly taught: The use of azimuths. What is an azimuth? It is a horizontal angle of a line, ...

Calculated borehole position may be erroneous in over half of the horizontal wells drilled during the past 15 years, according to the results of an ongoing industry study of continuous vs. stationary ...

A wide-azimuth survey covering 5,080 sq km started in the Salina del Istmo basin in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche, which contractor Schlumberger Ltd. said provides the first 3D coverage over this ...

IV. Simple Instruments for Measuring both Magnetic Azimuth and Altitude. ALTHOUGH undoubtedly for final observations at any monument a theodolite must be employed, using the sun or a star in order to ...