Traverse table

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006162",
  "term": "Traverse table",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A mathematical table listing the lengths of the sides of a right-angled triangle corresponding to a given angle and hypotenuse. Surveyors historically used these tables to simplify the calculation of latitude and departure for each leg of a traverse without direct use of trigonometric functions. For a given bearing and distance, the table provides the change in northing (latitude) and easting (departure), which are then summed to determine the coordinates of the next point.",
  "subject": "Surveying",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Traversentafel",
    "es": "tabla de travesía",
    "fr": "table de cheminement"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/traverse-table/"
}