Calculations with a Station file

When you use a Station file, a traverse starting point may be specified as a name in the Station field of the Traverse file, and will use the coordinates of that station in the Station file.

If you want to use one of the calculated points in a traverse as the starting point in a different traverse later in the file, you can put a name in the Station field for that point, and the corresponding name in the Station field for the new starting point. The function can then add the calculated point to the Station file, and use it as a station for the later traverse.

An optional report file may be generated, showing the calculated coordinates. A traverse containing a station name that is in the Station file may be adjusted. In that case, the coordinates are adjusted by spreading the misclose according to distance weighting and the new adjusted values written to the traverse file. If a report file is specified, the adjustment details will be written to it as shown in the next illustration.