Design of a survey net for metric survey documentation of a historical building

This paper deal with the design and the creation of a survey net during the metric survey documentation of the current state of a historical building. The paper aims to define the general rules for the design of the survey net, which are based on the Least Squares Method ( LSM ), Huber´s M-estimation and the requirement of practical heritage preservation. The paper presents three different examples of survey nets and types of historical buildings.