COGO

COGO (Coordinate Geometry) commands provide tools for both coordinate calculations and point creation.

These commands can be used to create new points using a variety of geometric and mathematical methods, as well as to obtain information about existing points and positions.

Depending on the selected function, COGO commands allow you to:

• Create new points from distances, angles, coordinates, offsets, intersections, and other geometric relationships.

• Calculate distances, bearings, angles, areas, and other geometric parameters.

• Analyze the spatial relationship between points.

• Obtain position-related information referenced to the current receiver location.

COGO functions are commonly used for coordinate computation, field layout, design verification, and geometric calculations during surveying and stakeout operations.

To access the COGO functions, open the COGO page.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Inverse: learn how to calculate distances, directions, azimuths, and coordinate differences between two points or positions.

• Reference line: learn how to obtain distance and offset information for points and positions relative to the selected reference line.

• Distance & offset: learn how to calculate the coordinates of a point at a specified distance along a reference element and at a specified offset from it.

• Intersection: learn how to calculate the coordinates of a point from the intersection of different geometric elements.

• Area subdivision: learn how to divide an area into equal or specified portions by calculating the position of subdivision lines according to different geometric criteria.