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Improving survey infrastructure in NSW: Construction of the Eglinton EDM baseline
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Ellis, D and Janssen, V and Lock, R, Improving survey infrastructure in NSW: Construction of the Eglinton EDM baseline, Proceedings of the 18th Association of Public Authority Surveyors Conference (APAS2013), 12-14 Mar 2013, Canberra, Australia, pp. 187-201. (2013) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
The Surveyor General is a Verifying Authority under the National Measurement Act 1960 and responsible for ensuring that surveyors use verified measuring equipment. This is achieved, for example, through the provision and maintenance of Electronic Distance Measurement (EDM) baselines. Consequently, the Surveying and Spatial Information Regulation 2012 requires surveyors to verify their measuring equipment in relation to an Australian standard of measurement of length at least once a year. Land and Property Information (LPI) is the sole organisation responsible for constructing, maintaining, monitoring and verifying all these baselines within New South Wales. LPI is currently in the process of improving its survey infrastructure by upgrading existing baselines if possible (to include a larger number of pillars) and building new baselines for the calibration of EDM instruments. This paper outlines the issues that need to be considered in the construction of a state-of-the-art EDM baseline, using the newly constructed 7-pillar Eglinton EDM baseline (located in Bathurst) as an example. Topics covered include site selection, planning, logistics, Work Health and Safety considerations, pillar construction and baseline verification.
Item Details
Item Type: | Non Refereed Conference Paper |
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Keywords: | EDM, baseline calibration, survey infrastructure, legal metrology |
Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
Research Group: | Geophysics |
Research Field: | Geodesy |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Other environmental management |
Objective Field: | Other environmental management not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Janssen, V (Dr Volker Janssen) |
ID Code: | 85248 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Deposited By: | Geography and Environmental Studies |
Deposited On: | 2013-06-20 |
Last Modified: | 2014-06-10 |
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