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Martin Hotine : ウィキペディア英語版 | Martin Hotine
Brigadier Martin Hotine CMG CBE (1898–1968) was the head of the Trigonometrical and Levelling Division of the Ordnance Survey responsible for the 26-year-long retriangulation of Great Britain (1936–1962) and was the first Director General of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys (1946–1985). He served on the North-West Frontier during the First World War and later in the Persian and Mesopotamian campaigns. He has been described as "decisive, ingenious and tough".〔 ==Retriangulation of Great Britain== Hotine was responsible for the design of the triangulation pillars constructed during the Geodetic resurvey of Britain.〔 6,173 of these were built.〔 They provided a solid base for the theodolites used by the survey teams during the survey, thereby improving the accuracy of the readings obtained.〔 They are sometimes referred to as "Hotine Pillars".
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