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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Blisco (talk | contribs) at 21:18, 1 October 2006 (→‎Merger: pillars or not). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Merger

I've been bold and merged Trigonometrical station into this article, since there was clearly no justification in having two articles on the same topic. It could perhaps do with a bit of a prune from somebody knowledgeable to remove surplus information. I did the merge this way round because this article was here first, but if "Trigonometrical station" is the more commonly used term worldwide then maybe it should be moved. --Blisco 17:53, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think that Triangulation Station would be the best place for this article, as this is a name that is commonly used both in North America [1] and the UK [2].
What the Ordnance Survey actually use on the key to all their maps is Triangulation Pillar - a quotation in a glossary is not necessarily a definitive statement on the correct nomenclature. Velela 20:29, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the pictures of trig points in Australia and NZ though, I shouldn't think you could call those 'pillars'. --Blisco 21:18, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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