Aquaculture Engineering

Introduction - Bearing and angles

Unit 1- Surveying

Compass surveying
Introduction

Bearing and angles

The direction of a survey line can either be established

• with relation to each other
• with relation to any meridian

The first one gives the angle between two lines, while second will give bearing of the line.

Bearing
Bearing of a line is its direction relative to a given meridian.

Angle
An angle is the difference in direction of two intersecting lines.