Gauss Point
the Gauss point
Here, in the beautiful Deister forest near Springe (where I
went to school), is one of the points where
Carl Friedrich Gauss carried out his
famous triangularization survey. In July 1822, the master himself used a theodolite to measure the angles
of a triangular grid formed by vertex points like the one seen here.
By the way, the Deister is also famous for its large boar population,
much appreciated by german emperors (and others) for their culinary
value. Have a look at the
Saupark home page.
The board says:
Gauss'scher Dreieckspunkt Deister I
der hannoverschen Gradmessung 1821-1823.
Auf diesem Punkte
führte im Juli 1822 der Mathematiker und Geodät
Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) Winkelmessungen
mit einem Theodoliten durch.
Dabei viesierte Gauss
bei damals freier Sicht entfernte Zielpunkte in einem Dreiecksnetz an.
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