METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHYSICAL AREA OF LAND Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: land management, in particular, geodesic works. SUBSTANCE: method involves determining average longitudinal and transverse angles of inclination of land or sections of land along lines mutually perpendicular and, as a rule, parallel to axes of abscissa and ordinates; calculating physical area from known formula through actually measured geodesic area, with total allowances being taken into account. Total allowances include corrections connected with transition to ellipsoid and to surface of middle mark of land, as well as relief changes. Method allows area of agricultural, municipal and other lands to be determined. EFFECT: increased efficiency and improved precision of determining area of lands.