Posted by Peter Ceresole on September 09, 2003 at 22:03:13 from 80.177.22.49 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Survey Problem-QBASIC answer posted by Ed Kiser on September 09, 2003 at 20:49:48:
If the dimensions are provided for the following program, the lengths of the sides and the altitude to the given base is calculated.
Yike!
I'd do it the quick and dirty way; A/sin(a)=B/sin(b)=C/sin(c)
You know A (given) you know angles (b) and (c) so you know angle (a) by subtraction from 180, thus the rest is mechanical.
But I still don't understand how two people taking a sight from and between identical positions can get radically different bearings without doing it absolutely wrong.