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  • Thumbnail for Sea level
    global MSL is a type of vertical datum – a standardised geodetic datum – that is used, for example, as a chart datum in cartography and marine navigation...
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  • Thumbnail for Chart datum
    A chart datum is the water level surface serving as origin of depths displayed on a nautical chart and for reporting and predicting tide heights. A chart...
    10 KB (1,156 words) - 00:08, 23 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geodetic datum
    vertical datum is used to measure the elevation or depth relative to a standard origin, such as mean sea level (MSL). A three-dimensional datum enables...
    31 KB (3,346 words) - 06:28, 11 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for North American Vertical Datum of 1988
    North American Datum of 1988. It superseded the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29), previously known as the Sea Level Datum of 1929. NAVD...
    7 KB (732 words) - 16:18, 31 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ordnance datum
    datum (AOD). Usually mean sea level (MSL) at a particular place is used for the datum. In Great Britain, OD for the Ordnance Survey is Ordnance Datum...
    7 KB (777 words) - 06:44, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vertical datum
    bathymetry, water level, and built structures) and altitudes of satellite orbits and in aviation. In planetary science, vertical datums are also known as...
    10 KB (1,459 words) - 03:47, 10 July 2024
  • above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic...
    6 KB (700 words) - 00:08, 23 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
    of America by the General Adjustment of 1929. Originally known as Sea Level Datum of 1929, NGVD 29 was determined and published by the United States Coast...
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  • single item of data. Geodetic datum, a standard position or level that measurements are taken from in geographic surveying Datum reference, in carpentry, metalworking...
    960 bytes (162 words) - 12:01, 12 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Australian Height Datum
    measurements are referred. The Australian Height Datum is an amalgamation of decades of spirit levelling work conducted by numerous state and territory...
    20 KB (2,271 words) - 01:26, 1 July 2024
  • In surveying, reduced level (RL) refers to equating elevations of survey points with reference to a common assumed vertical datum. It is a vertical distance...
    4 KB (457 words) - 06:02, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Amsterdam Ordnance Datum
    NAP markers in Amsterdam Amsterdam Ordnance Datum or Normaal Amsterdams Peil (NAP) is a vertical datum in use in large parts of Western Europe. Originally...
    4 KB (552 words) - 09:12, 16 June 2024
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    water level over time. Gauges ignore variations caused by waves with periods shorter than minutes. These data are compared to the reference (or datum) level...
    109 KB (13,080 words) - 01:26, 22 August 2024
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    Plumb bob (redirect from Plumb bob level)
    line, or plumb-line. It is a precursor to the spirit level and used to establish a vertical datum. It is typically made of stone, wood, or lead, but can...
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  • Thumbnail for North American Datum
    The North American Datum (NAD) is the horizontal datum now used to define the geodetic network in North America. A datum is a formal description of the...
    13 KB (1,613 words) - 18:25, 12 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geographic coordinate system
    standards, also includes a choice of geodetic datum (including an Earth ellipsoid), as different datums will yield different latitude and longitude values...
    22 KB (2,491 words) - 18:21, 12 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for World Geodetic System
    the large geodetic systems, such as European Datum (ED50), North American Datum (NAD), and Tokyo Datum (TD), to provide a worldwide geo-data basis Need...
    24 KB (2,843 words) - 13:42, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Levelling
    points relative to a datum. It is widely used in geodesy and cartography to measure vertical position with respect to a vertical datum, and in construction...
    15 KB (2,175 words) - 06:26, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sea level rise
    scarce up to the 1970s. The longest running sea-level measurements, NAP or Amsterdam Ordnance Datum were established in 1675, in Amsterdam. Record collection...
    207 KB (21,870 words) - 17:41, 22 August 2024
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    They're asking two- and three-inch-diameter steel tubes at chassis base datum level to do all the work, and it shows – you can feel the chassis flexing on...
    41 KB (4,189 words) - 19:05, 16 August 2024
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