Real-World Applications of COLUMBUS

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Topics

• Orthometric Heights from Ellipsoidal Heights
  
  
• Importing and and exporting coordinates
  
  
• Calculating loop closures and Traverses
  
  
• Mixing GPS and terrestrial measurements in a network
  
  
• Triangulation, trilateration and resection in 2D and 3D network adjustments
  
  
• Network Adjustments using State Plane coordinates and Elevation
  
  
• Outlier detection using automated search
  
  
• Fully-constrained solution using automated search
  
  
• Using pure XYZ Cartesian coordinates (usually from blueprints of a large structural design) on the geodetic model
  
  

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