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for all military <strong>and</strong> civilian activities concerned with long-range position control <strong>and</strong> accurate directions<strong>and</strong> distances.Horizontal control data may be obtained using the triangulation or traverse method. This chapterdiscusses the field methods <strong>and</strong> required accuracies of high-order triangulation, precise instruments <strong>and</strong>equipment, baseline measurements, triangulation field records <strong>and</strong> computations, <strong>and</strong> astronomicobservations <strong>and</strong> computations.PART A - SURVEY MISSIONS2-1. Use. Army <strong>topographic</strong> surveyors determine horizontal <strong>and</strong> vertical distances between objects,measure angles between lines, determine the direction of lines, <strong>and</strong> establish points of predeterminedangular <strong>and</strong> linear measurements. After completing field measurements, surveyors use thesemeasurements to compute a final report that is used for positioning by field artillery (FA), air defenseartillery (ADA), aviation, intelligence, communications, <strong>and</strong> many other agencies.a. FA agencies are primary users of precise positioning <strong>and</strong> orientation information in a wartimeenvironment. Topographic-survey support, in accordance with FM 6-2, is provided to Multiple-LaunchRocket System (MLRS) units, general support units, <strong>and</strong> other nondivisional assets in the corps area.FA agencies require that <strong>topographic</strong> surveyors provide monumental survey control points (SCPs)(horizontal <strong>and</strong> vertical) <strong>and</strong> azimuth references for conventional <strong>and</strong> inertial FA survey teams. FAagencies sometimes require <strong>topographic</strong> surveyors to augment FA survey sections.b. ADA agencies require positioning <strong>and</strong> orientation information for ADA systems. ADA <strong>and</strong> FAagencies have an agreement that FA surveyors (MOS 82C) provide direct ADA survey support.c. The NIMA <strong>geodetic</strong>-survey division maintains Army <strong>topographic</strong> surveyors as part of theirsurvey force structure. These surveyors are involved as team leaders, team members, <strong>and</strong> activemembers in the data-reduction process. Additionally, the Army surveyors are used in areas or situationswhere NIMA civilian personnel are not authorized (such as Saudi Arabia <strong>and</strong> Somalia). NIMA has theresponsibility to provide earth-orientation data for the Navigation Satellite Timing <strong>and</strong> Ranging(NAVSTAR) Global-Positioning System (GPS). NIMA provides correlated World Geodetic System1984 (WGS 84) airfield <strong>surveys</strong> <strong>and</strong> geographical <strong>and</strong> aeronautical database information needed tosupport the aviation approach requirements. NIMA also determines transformation parameters between<strong>geodetic</strong> systems. In many areas of the world, the transformation parameters are uncertain or unreliable.During times of conflict, Army <strong>topographic</strong> surveyors may be required to collect data to enable NIMA tobetter formulate these transformation parameters.EN0593 2-2

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