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Backsight method
A method of traversing by plane table, in which the alidade is first placed on a selected line on the map which corresponds to an established line on the ground. The table is then rotated until the line of sight through the alidade coincides with the corresponding line on the ground.
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- Category: Mapping science
- Company: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
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