to meet project requirements, a substantially new and stronger scheme

Pacific Southwest Region

Reproduced from the-holdings of the National Archives

was necessary which could be expanded as required.

1949-50 HORIZONTAL CONTROL SURVEY
This survey was designed to meet the requirements of Operation
Greenhouse and adaptable to future expansion.

It consisted of

sixteen stations covering the Eastern portion of the Atoll from
Bogallua island to Eniwetok island and included five atations of
the previous surveys.

As it was determined that Station North Base

had been disturbed it was necessary to measure

Base #2-Runit to second order accuracy.

a new base line North

The network expanding from

this base line was executed to second order specifications and procedure of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

The geographical

position of Station Runit and the agimuth of the line Runit-Coral,
as determined by the previous survey, were adopted as the origin of
position and agimuth.
1951 EXPANSION
An expansion of the survey was necessary to meet additional requirements which could not be

anticipated earlier.

Several additional

islands were located by local triangulation and photo tower and zero
locations were determined.
on all project islands.

Local control traverses were established

The accuracy of these controls depended on

their uses and were generally of third order.

The zero lines and

some traverses for location of instrumentation were established to
first order traverse specifications.
An independent plane coordinate grid was established at each of the

zero areas for location of instrumentation.

While satisfactory re-

Sults were obtained it brought out the desirability for an overall
Atoll grid.

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