Talk:Triangulation (surveying)
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I don't understand why the article switches from tangent to sin/cos in the calculation section of the page. The calculation starts with the equation: l = d/tan a +d/tan b. Simply getting a common denominator and solving for d results in the equation: d=(l x tan a x tan b)/(tan a +tan b), with no need for trig identities.
[edit]69.62.216.37 (talk) 18:31, 11 April 2021 (UTC)▶
Seems like this article should be about the location of the target, not the distance. Location is the primary purpose of triangulation in surveying. Nick (talk) 22:20, 9 October 2024 (UTC)