Re: formula or relation to convert offset and chainage to northing and easting

Happy Trails <nomail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When you design a road, for example, you create a centreline, which
may be a simple straight line, or as complex a set of connected line
segments as required - straight, circular, other curves, etc. This
may also be referred to as an "alignment".

I love a good explanation. Thanks.

this one covers some things that seem obvious and simple in retrospect, but
not obvious to a Sunday driver like myself at first glance.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5
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