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Discussion Forum : Surveying - Section 4 (Q.No. 45)
45.
The zero of the graduated circle of a prismatic compass is located at
north end
east end
south end
west end.
Answer: Option
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Jero m said:   2 years ago
And in the surveyor compass, 0 at North and South, 90 at East and West.

Jero m said:   2 years ago
As per my knowledge; 0 at South, 90 at the West, 180 at the North and 270 at the East.
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Rajat said:   6 years ago
This is one of the special cases in prismatic compass just imagine the needle is pointing magnetic north and you look reading through a prism south being the closest direction hence you actually read a vertically opposite angle so this is the reason you have zero at the south.
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Sokorok said:   1 decade ago
Explain two point problems?

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