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least-squares adjustment - [surveying] A statistical method for providing a best fit for survey point locations and detecting measurement error by minimizing the sum of the squares of measurement residuals. The method allows many measurements to participate simultaneously in a single computation.
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Source: esri, 28 May 2012 08:26:37, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation
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