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2.1 The control points and the geodetic measurements
The arrangement of the control points is demonstrated in Fig. 2.
There are two different systems, one for vertical photography (the thin
circles and the center point, the triangle denoted 0) and another for
oblique photography (the thick circles and the center point, the double
circle denoted KO). The notations of the points for oblique photography
all contain a K. The latter points were geodetically measured in 1957.
All points were marked with iron tubes about 1.5 meters in length
and about 0.025 meters in diameter. All points were protected with iron
or wooden covers.
The accuracy requirements concerning the coordinates of the control
points are rather high. For aerial cameras c — 150 mm the image scale
becomes about 1:800 which means that 1 micron in the negative corres-
ponds to about 1 mm on the ground. For a high precision investigation
of the camera it is consequently desired that the standard errors of the
geodetic coordinates are not larger than about 2—3 mm,
The geodetic measurements were first concentrated to a first order
network consisting of the basic points 0, 108, 208, 308, and 408, see Fig.
2. The angles in this triangle net were measured with high precision and
the distances from the center point (0) to the four points were measu-
red with a well calibrated invar measuring tape (96 meters).
The distance measurements were repeated several times and gave
good results. The triangle net was adjusted according to usual principles
(the method of least squares). The standard error of the directions
became 07,0007 (centesimal grades) after the adjustment.
All other points were determined with simultaneous intersection from
three of the basic points in suitable combinations. The discrepancies of
the redundant directions were adjusted according to the method by
Werkmeister. The final point was determined as the point of gravity of
the three corners of the error triangles. Directly from the magnitude
of the error triangles an estimation of the accuracy of the coordinate
determination could be done. The standard error of the intersected
points was found to be of the magnitude 2—3 mm, which is satisfactory
according to the statement above. The elevations of the control points
were determined by precise levelling. From repeated, independent series
of measurements the standard error of the final elevations was estimat-
ed to 1—2 mm.
With the aid of a series of trigonometric measurements the elevation
of a certain point in the tower near the position of the camera was de-
termined. From the adjustment, the standard error of the final eleva-
tion was estimated to about 10 mm.
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