Forced centering

Forced centering

Replacement of one device or instrument by another in such a way that if the original object was vertically over a mark, then so is the replacement. Some mountings are designed to hold a number of different kinds of instrument and targets, and are therefore made to allow forced centering. For example, a theodolite may be centred over the mark and, when observations are completed there, be replaced by a target which is then also automatically centered.

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Category: Mapping science
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