Eyepiece crack

Ocular plan of the parish of Gattnau (1820)

An eyepiece crack ( Latin oculus = with the eye) is a drawing of a region or an object made by eye , which is supposed to give an approximate idea of ​​the view or execution of the whole, especially the Brouillon map , which is a geodesy of the one to be recorded Feldmark designs, and according to whose instructions he then has to carry out the exact measurements in detail.

literature

• Hermann Alexander Müller: Lexicon of the fine arts. Bibliographical Institute, Wisconsin 1883.
• Hermann Julius Meyer: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Volume 12, Bibliographical Institute 1888.

See also

• Inspection card
• Normal projection
• Plan (cartography)

Web links

• Eyepiece crack at eLexikon (accessed April 1, 2016)