BURKORD® COMPUTATIONAL EXAMPLE


This first section is the "header" section.
 BURKORD® COMPUTES 3-D COORDINATE GEOMETRY POSITIONS FOR SPATIAL
 DATA UTILIZING GPS VECTORS, LOCAL COORDINATE DIFFERENCES AND
 3-D SURVEYING MEASUREMENTS.

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 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY:                    Your Name Goes Here
     EARL F. BURKHOLDER                     Company Name Inc.
     P.O. BOX 3162                          Street Address
     LAS CRUCES, NM 88003-3162              Anytown, State Zip-code

 USER:   EARL F. BURKHOLDER
 DATE:   JULY 21, 1997

 PROGRAM:        BURKORD® - VERSION 8F.01, JULY 1997   S/N 8F797XX1
 DATA FILE:      TESTFILE.DAT
 OUTPUT FILE:    JULY21-1.OUT

 CLIENT/AGENCY:  DEMONSTRATION OF BURKORD® COMPUTATIONAL FEATURES
 JOB/PROJECT:    GPS POINTS AT OREGON'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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This next section shows how 3-D points are defined.
 DEFINE     1  42 15 16.992940  -121 47  9.354220   1297.8660 M   STATION K-785
   COVAR MATRIX E/N/U/EN/EU/NU  .25E-04  .25E-04  .25E-04  .00E+00  .00E+00  .00E+00 METERS SQD

 DEFINE X/Y/Z      2  -2490854.5010 M  -4019681.2420 M   4267591.4060 M  STATION TRIMBLE
   COVAR MATRIX E/N/U/EN/EU/NU  .25E-04  .25E-04  .10E-01  .00E+00  .00E+00  .00E+00 METERS SQD

 DEFINE     3  42 15 15.610090  -121 47 25.985920   1289.8710 M   STA MEDIAN-2
   COVAR MATRIX E/N/U/EN/EU/NU  .10E-01  .10E-01  .10E-01  .00E+00  .00E+00  .00E+00 METERS SQD

 DEFINE X/Y/Z      4  -2490534.8630 M  -4019658.1960 M   4267850.8380 M  STATION PUB
   COVAR MATRIX E/N/U/EN/EU/NU  .25E-04  .25E-04  .10E-01  .00E+00  .00E+00  .00E+00 METERS SQD

This next section shows the format of points stored in a BURKORD(TM) data base.
 A LISTING OF POINTS IN ACTIVE PROJECT IS:

     1 -2490977.0480 -4019738.1878  4267460.3843     .00003     .00003     .00003     .00000     .00000     .00000 STATION K-785
     2 -2490854.5010 -4019681.2420  4267591.4060     .00154     .00397     .00454     .00245    -.00262    -.00422 STATION TRIMBLE
     3 -2491313.1629 -4019556.6822  4267423.4205     .01000     .01000     .01000     .00000     .00000     .00000 STA MEDIAN-2
     4 -2490534.8630 -4019658.1960  4267850.8380     .00154     .00397     .00454     .00245    -.00261    -.00422 STATION PUB

The next section shows an expanded listing of stored points.
 AN EXPANDED LISTING OF POINTS     1 TO     4

     1     STATION K-785                              X        Y        Z           E        N        U
 LAT (N+S-)   42 15 16.992939 X:  -2490977.0480  X  .25E-04                    E  .25E-04
 LON (E+W-) -121 47  9.354221 Y:  -4019738.1878  Y  .00E+00  .25E-04           N  .00E+00  .25E-04
 EL HGT           1297.8660 M Z:   4267460.3843  Z  .00E+00  .00E+00  .25E-04  U  .00E+00  .00E+00  .25E-04
     2     STATION TRIMBLE                            X        Y        Z           E        N        U
 LAT (N+S-)   42 15 22.596449 X:  -2490854.5010  X  .15E-02                    E  .25E-04
 LON (E+W-) -121 47  6.118987 Y:  -4019681.2420  Y  .24E-02  .40E-02           N  .00E+00  .25E-04
 EL HGT           1302.3653 M Z:   4267591.4060  Z -.26E-02 -.42E-02  .45E-02  U  .00E+00  .00E+00  .10E-01
     3     STA MEDIAN-2                               X        Y        Z           E        N        U
 LAT (N+S-)   42 15 15.610089 X:  -2491313.1629  X  .10E-01                    E  .10E-01
 LON (E+W-) -121 47 25.985922 Y:  -4019556.6822  Y  .00E+00  .10E-01           N  .00E+00  .10E-01
 EL HGT           1289.8710 M Z:   4267423.4205  Z  .00E+00  .00E+00  .10E-01  U  .00E+00  .00E+00  .10E-01
     4     STATION PUB                                X        Y        Z           E        N        U
 LAT (N+S-)   42 15 32.913540 X:  -2490534.8630  X  .15E-02                    E  .25E-04
 LON (E+W-) -121 46 54.796867 Y:  -4019658.1960  Y  .24E-02  .40E-02           N  .00E+00  .25E-04
 EL HGT           1337.7200 M Z:   4267850.8380  Z -.26E-02 -.42E-02  .45E-02  U  .00E+00  .00E+00  .10E-01

The next section shows methods of 3-D traverse point to point.
TRAVERSE TO NEW POINTS:

 FORWARD BY 3-D DX/DY/DZ     1 TO   102     122.5471     56.9460    131.0224  STA TRIMBLE
   COVAR MATRIX DX/DY/DZ/DXY/DXZ/DYZ   .36E-04  .16E-04  .25E-04  .00E+00  .00E+00  .00E+00  METERS SQD

 FORWARD BY 3-D DE/DN/DU   102 TO   104     259.5629    318.4064     35.3414  STATION PUB
   COVAR MATRIX DE/DN/DU/DEN/DEU/DNU   .16E-04  .36E-04  .64E-04  .00E+00  .00E+00  .00E+00  METERS SQD

 FORWARD BY SDIST/VA/AZ     1 TO   103     383.7760     -1 11 44.0    263 36 56.0  STA MEDIAN-2
   SIGMA DIST/VA/AZI - METERS/SEC/SEC    .0050       10.00        5.00
   COVAR DE/DN/DU/EN,EU,NU   .26E-04  .86E-04  .35E-03 -.34E-04 -.67E-05 -.75E-06 METERS SQD

 FORWARD BY SDIST/ZD/AZ   103 TO  1004     893.7231     86 56  6.0     53 14 38.0  STATION PUB2
   SIGMA DIST/ZEN/AZI - METERS/SEC/SEC   .0050       10.00        5.00
   COVAR DE/DN/DU/EN,EU,NU   .19E-03  .31E-03  .19E-02 -.20E-03 -.79E-04 -.59E-04 METERS SQD

 FORWARD BY DPHI/DLAMBDA/DH  1    TO  10004    15.920600 SEC    14.557340 SEC    39.8540 M  STA PUB-3
   SIGMA LAT/LONG/UP - SEC/SEC/METERS .000100 .000100    .003
   COVAR MATRIX DE/DN/DU/DEN/DEU/DNU   .53E-05  .95E-05  .90E-05  .00E+00  .00E+00  .00E+00  METERS SQD

The next section shows inverse data between 3-D points.
 INVERSE BETWEEN 3-D POINTS:

     1     STA K-785
 X = -2490977.0480  LAT (N+S-)   42 15 16.992928    +/-  .0050 METERS    N
 Y = -4019738.1880  LON (E+W-) -121 47  9.354217    +/-  .0050 METERS    E   STANDARD DEVIATIONS
 Z =  4267460.3840  EL HGT           1297.8660 M    +/-  .0050 METERS    U

  DELTA X/Y/Z WITH SIGMAS     122.5471M +/-  .009M     56.9460M +/-  .008M    131.0224M +/-  .009M
  DELTA E/N/U WITH SIGMAS      74.1716M +/-  .009M    172.9331M +/-  .009M      4.4968M +/-  .009M
  LOCAL PLANE INV: DIST =     188.1682M +/-  .009M  N AZI. =  23 12 52.77 +/-  10.0 SEC

   102     STA TRIMBLE
 X = -2490854.5009  LAT (N+S-)   42 15 22.596459    +/-  .0070 METERS    N
 Y = -4019681.2420  LON (E+W-) -121 47  6.118984    +/-  .0074 METERS    E   STANDARD DEVIATIONS
 Z =  4267591.4064  EL HGT           1302.3655 M    +/-  .0069 METERS    U

  DELTA X/Y/Z WITH SIGMAS    -122.5471M +/-  .009M    -56.9460M +/-  .008M   -131.0224M +/-  .009M
  DELTA E/N/U WITH SIGMAS     -74.1734M +/-  .009M   -172.9322M +/-  .009M     -4.5023M +/-  .009M
  LOCAL PLANE INV: DIST =     188.1681M +/-  .009M  N AZI. = 203 12 54.94 +/-  10.0 SEC

     1     STA K-785
 X = -2490977.0480  LAT (N+S-)   42 15 16.992928    +/-  .0050 METERS    N
 Y = -4019738.1880  LON (E+W-) -121 47  9.354217    +/-  .0050 METERS    E   STANDARD DEVIATIONS
 Z =  4267460.3840  EL HGT           1297.8660 M    +/-  .0050 METERS    U

       NOTE!  THE FORWARD AND REVERSE COMPUTATIONS ON THE SAME LINE HAVE IDENTICAL DELTA X/Y/Z'S
              (WITH THE SIGN CHANGED) BUT DIFFERENT DELTA E/N/U'S.  THE TWO LINES ARE IN TWO VERY 
              SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PLANES.

The next section shows a Point Of Beginning (P.O.B.) listing.
 LISTING OF POINTS WITH RESPECT TO MASTER P.O.B:              1  STATION K-785
 (ASSUMING POSITION OF P.O.B. IS ERRORLESS WRT THE NETWORK)

   NUMBER      NORTH    SIGMA       EAST    SIGMA          UP    SIGMA    STATION
       2      172.932    .005       74.172    .005        4.496    .100    STATION TRIMBLE
       3      -42.666    .100     -381.313    .100       -8.007    .100    STA MEDIAN-2
       4      491.343    .005      333.732    .005       39.826    .100    STATION PUB


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