TM 5-6675-324-14
QUANTITY PROCESSING SYSTEM (QPS)
INTRODUCTION
Section I
5-1. GENERAL INFORMATION.
5-1.1 Scope.
Model L2501 Quantity Processing System
a. Model Number and Equipment Name.
(QPS) .
.
b. Purpose of Equipment. To provide electronic estimation, in proper units and
scale, of area, perimeter, distance, and volume of geographic shapes found on maps,
drawings and aerial photographs.
Sheet, which is supplied with your QPS, must be used to successfully operate the
equipment.
5-1.3 Glossary
Constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Factor used to convert
electronic measurement
counts of the planimeter or
linear measuring probe,
to desired unit of
measurement.
Contour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closed loop on contour map.
Indicates height by interval.
Contour Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Difference in elevation of
two consecutive contour
lines.
Contour Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estimates volume of fill
or cut from its contours.
cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Excavation or depression-
like formation.
Daylighted Contour . . . . . . . . . . . . . Point or edge where cut
becomes fill or fill becomes
