Electro-optical distance measurements were performed by using a Geomensor CR204 on November 1988 in a small geodetic network, Yasutomi-Usuzuku Baseline Network, across the Yamasaki fault, Southwest Japan. Based on data obtained through the field measurements, characteristics and measurement accuracy of the Geomensor have been discussed in the present article. Prism constants were determined by comparing distances measured by the Geomensor with those by two invar baseline tapes, and their standard deviations were estimated to about 0.1 mm. Distance errors depending on elevation angles of the Geomensor were also found, and then we applied an empirical formula to correct the measured distances. The formula is L
c=L
g+3.1 tanΘ+C
n, where L
c is the corrected distance, L
g the measured distance, Θ the elevation angle of the Geomensor and C, the constant of the prism employed. Most of the data, which were not disturbed by meteorological influences, had discrepancies of less than 0.4 mm at distances ranging from 25 to 340 m, if the formula was applied. The baseline lengths were calculated by applying the least squares method (free network). Standard deviations of the lengths determined were ±0.2 mm, which was equivalent to the strain of ±1×10
-6 in the network. The accuracy attained was high enough to detect the crustal strain changes in the network over a period of a few years.
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