chainage

German translation: lineares Entfernungsmessen ("chainage")

10:17 Apr 12, 2004
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Tech/Engineering - Geography / Vermessungswesen
English term or phrase: chainage
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Charlotte Blank
Germany
Local time: 18:15
German translation:lineares Entfernungsmessen ("chainage")
Explanation:
so würde ich das umschreiben.

1. Chainage: linear distance
The glossary below lists thes definition under the section "Surveying"

2. Ernst says: chaining (survey) / Vermessen n mit der Kette

3. Chaining:
Historically a chain made up of 100 links was used for distance measurement, and this terminology has stayed with surveying ever since. Chainage is a bit of jargon that now applies to measurement with a steel band, fibreglass tape, 'Stylon' tape, or a cloth tape; in fact any item that measures the distance directly in the field. It is fairly quick, easy and cheap, and hence is the most common form of distance measurement. Unfortunately, chainage is prone to errors and mistakes and these will be discussed later, but this is the fundamental technique used for distance measurement in planar geomatics science.
http://www.sli.unimelb.edu.au/planesurvey/prot/topic/top03-0...




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Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 10:15
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Danke an alle Mitstreiter! Es ist ein wirklich vertrackter Ausdruck...
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4 +1Kettenvermessung
Hildegard Fatahtouii
4lineares Entfernungsmessen ("chainage")
Johanna Timm, PhD
3Messkettenentfernung
David Moore (X)


  

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Kettenvermessung


Explanation:
könnte es sein


    Reference: http://www.intergeo2002.de/aktuell/Kurznachrichten_2001-1.ht...
Hildegard Fatahtouii
Local time: 18:15
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

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agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X): Glaube ich schon, weil das Wort nur in Vermessungswesn auftaucht.
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Messkettenentfernung


Explanation:
A chain is a British measurement of distance, equivalent to 66 feet or approximately 20 metres. The "chain measure" is translated as the "Messkette", and as already indicated, is only used in surveying. Caution however is needed, as the expression most commonly appears in the term "time chainage diagram (or chart)", which translates as "Zeit-Wege Diagramm".

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Note added at 3 hrs 8 mins (2004-04-12 13:25:35 GMT)
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\"Chainage\" is derived in the same way as \"mileage\", \"yardage\" etc.
A \"time chainage diagram\" is effectively a flow-chart, or time against distance chart.

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lineares Entfernungsmessen ("chainage")


Explanation:
so würde ich das umschreiben.

1. Chainage: linear distance
The glossary below lists thes definition under the section "Surveying"

2. Ernst says: chaining (survey) / Vermessen n mit der Kette

3. Chaining:
Historically a chain made up of 100 links was used for distance measurement, and this terminology has stayed with surveying ever since. Chainage is a bit of jargon that now applies to measurement with a steel band, fibreglass tape, 'Stylon' tape, or a cloth tape; in fact any item that measures the distance directly in the field. It is fairly quick, easy and cheap, and hence is the most common form of distance measurement. Unfortunately, chainage is prone to errors and mistakes and these will be discussed later, but this is the fundamental technique used for distance measurement in planar geomatics science.
http://www.sli.unimelb.edu.au/planesurvey/prot/topic/top03-0...







    Reference: http://www.pskf.ca/publications/c-glossary.html
Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 10:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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Danke an alle Mitstreiter! Es ist ein wirklich vertrackter Ausdruck...
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