STAR*NET V6 - Circe

APPENDIX A - TOUR OF THE STAR*NET PACKAGE
Overview
STAR*NET is a program package that performs least squares adjustments of two and
three dimensional survey networks. It is menu driven for ease of use, and allows you to
edit your input data, run your adjustment and view the adjustment results all from within
the program. STAR*NET also includes graphics display routines that allow you to view
your network, including the error ellipses from your adjustment.
Although STAR*NET is easy to use, it is also very powerful, and utilizes the latest
rigorous adjustment and analysis techniques. In three dimensional mode, it performs a
simultaneous adjustment of three dimensional data, not simply an adjustment of
horizontal followed by an adjustment of vertical. This makes STAR*NET well suited to
the processing of total station data, and the analysis of data sets for establishing control
for close-range photogrammetry and structural deformation monitoring. However, it is
equally suitable for the adjustment of traditional horizontal traverses.
This tutorial is designed to be used with the STAR*NET Program. The supplied sample
data files will acquaint you with some of the capabilities of the package:
Example 1: Two dimensional traverse network. This example shows you the basic
features of STAR*NET, and lets you run an adjustment and view the
output results in both listing and graphical formats.
Example 2: Combined triangulation/trilateration network.
Example 3: Three dimensional traverse network.
Example 4: Same three dimensional network, but processed as a grid job.
Example 5: Resection.
Example 6: Traverse with Sideshots.
Example 7: Preanalysis of a network.
In the tutorial, we will go through the same sequence of operations that you would
normally follow when creating and adjusting a survey network. The normal sequence of
operations one goes through in adjusting a project is: set project options, create input
data, run an adjustment, review results including viewing both an adjusted network plot
and an output listing report. But in these examples, we will be just reviewing options and
data, not setting options and creating new data.
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