#surveying  the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map; "he studied surveying at college"
  supertype:  measurement__measuring__measure__mensuration  the act or process of measuring; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
  subtype:  triangulation  a method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated

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