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Distance-Distance Intersection

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Method:

Two distances from either end of a base line are measured to the feature to be mapped. The distances can be plotted directly to scale, or can by reduced to coordinates using the fundamental triangle formulae.

Plan view diagram illustrating Distance-Distance Intersection

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The Department of Geomatics
Maintained by:  Nicole Jones
Date Created:  March 1999