The float command

float [automatically] [type] [all] [station_list]

Defines stations that are to be floated (i.e. their current location is used as an observation with a specified tolerance).

The options are identical to the fix command. The horizontal and vertical errors applied are the current defaults for the command file. Initially values of 1 metre are used for each. They are changed with the horizontal_float_error and vertical_float_error commands described below. An example of the use of these commands would be

horizontal_float_error  0.5
vertical_float_error  1.0
float  horizontal  bm3  stn4  
float vertical  stn8 stn9
float stn7
float automatically horizontal all

See also:

Using stations in adjustments

The fix command

The free command

The horizontal_float_error command

The vertical_float_error command

Station lists

Command file syntax

Alphabetical list of commands

Summary of commands by function