Plane Table

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plane table [′plān ‚tā·bəl]

(engineering)

A surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board mounted on a tripod and fitted with a compass and a straight-edge ruler; used to graphically plot survey lines directly from field observations.

plane table

In surveying, a device for plotting the lines of a survey directly from the observations; consists essentially of a drawing board on a tripod, with a ruler, the ruler being pointed at the observed object by the use of a telescope or other sighting device.

Plane Table

field drawing table used in making a map of an area by the graphic method. It consists of a square mapboard, a base, and a stand.

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