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(5) Trace boundary of first contour.
(6) Press and hold down foot switch to reposition planimeter over adjacent
contour area.
NOTE
In contour map, example of diverging-cut ridge area is elevation where
features of object diverge into two volumes.
Contours adjacent to diverging cut represent independent portions of
t o t a l v o l u m e o f o b j e c t . E a c h contour must be measured at each elevation
T o t a l counts must be entered before PRINT command to prevent
interval.
n e g a t i v e volume of cut being added to total.
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