The advent of reliable continuous time signals, the electronic calculator and Integrated Survey Systems have and will greatly simplify many survey tasks. This paper considers the impact of these changes on the sun observation for azimuth and contains a brief review of the two methods of making ...
Times are taken using a Hewlett-Packard HP45 calculator as a recording stopwatch. The rate of change of altitude is measured as well as the altitude. Latitude, longitude and azimuth are then calculated. The sun does not need to be on the prime vertical....