Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Höhenfestsetzpunkt HFP
English translation:
vertical control points
Added to glossary by
Wendy Streitparth
Jan 26, 2013 11:06
11 yrs ago
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German term
Höhenfestsetzpunkt HFP
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Geology
Bodengutachten
Nochmal mein Vermessungsprotokoll und ich finde auch keinen Hinweis im Netz
Höhenfestsetzpunkt HFP
mehr Kontext havbe ich nicht. Wie ist die Abkürzung im Englischen?
Höhenfestsetzpunkt HFP
mehr Kontext havbe ich nicht. Wie ist die Abkürzung im Englischen?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 | vertical control points |
Wendy Streitparth
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| 3 | benchmark BM |
Bernd Runge
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| 3 | Height above (mean) sea level - Ht ASL |
David Moore (X)
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Change log
Jan 28, 2013 17:26: Wendy Streitparth Created KOG entry
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Wendy Streitparth
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vertical control points
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.
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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.
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VCP - http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/VCP
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Comment: "Well that fits my context very well. But here I regret - as so often - that one can't award points to two people, because often the answer lies in the middle"
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Bernd Runge
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German term (edited):
Höhenfestpunkt HFP
benchmark BM
Siehe Diskussion.
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Height above (mean) sea level - Ht ASL
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
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
Discussion
Höhenfestpunkt,
zur dauernden Erhaltung der Ergebnisse einer Höhenmessung an markanten Bauwerken angebrachte, nummerierte Marke aus Metall oder Kunststoff (Höhenmarke, Höhenbolzen), deren zu Normalnull genau eingemessene Höhe bei den Vermessungs- und Katasterämtern einzusehen ist.
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