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Electronic measurement is a modern method of precise and rapid determination of slope (line-of-sight) distances. Some electronic distance-measuring instruments (EDMIs) are designed to reduce the slope distances to horizontal distances.
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Bird, R. G. 1989. EDM Traverses, Measurement,Computation, Adjustment. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
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McDonnell, P.W. (1995). Linear Measurements: EDM Instruments. In: Brinker, R.C., Minnick, R. (eds) The Surveying Handbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2067-2_5
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