Höhenfestsetzpunkt HFP
English translation: vertical control points
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| 3 | Height above (mean) sea level - Ht ASL |
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| 2 | vertical control points |
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| Höhenfestpunkt HFP benchmark BM Explanation: Siehe Diskussion. |
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vertical control points Explanation: http://www.robertkaden.eu/verm/fach/engdeu.pdf http://www.ros.gov.uk/public/about_us/foi/manuals/plans/docs... Depends whether these are measurement points or marks on existing structures, in which case "benchmarks" as Bernd suggested. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2013-01-26 12:36:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- VCP - http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/VCP |
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Height above (mean) sea level - Ht ASL Explanation: Since this appears to have to do with soil reports rather than specific buildings, this may fit your requirements. I don't know how official it is as an abbreviation, but it does crop up quite a few times on the Internet. It seems to be a fairly widely-used abbreviation, as the following examples show: http://apcg.space.noa.gr/upload/news/nId1_dt20121005_104916.... (on the left above figure 5, page 3) http://www.nexteraenergycanada.com/pdf/durham/Noise_Study_P1... (paragraph 6.3, line 8) http://www.instappress.com/pdfs/frontmatter/Pseria9.pdf (under "Abbreviations", page 16) http://www.alpineinfotech.com.au/Weather/Weather_01.htm (on screen one, alongside "Inversions" - grey background |
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