The phrase "act as reference point" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that serves as a standard or basis for comparison or evaluation.
Example: "In this study, we will use the previous research findings to act as reference point for our analysis."
Alternatives: "serve as a benchmark" or "function as a standard".
There are two churches that can act as reference points, if you need them: the Basilica of Sant Felix is the city's cathedral, while the Sant Pere de Galligants is an abbey that also houses the Catalonia archaeological museum.
Because of the difficulty of observing the precise tongue positions that occur in vowels, a set of eight vowels known as the cardinal vowels has been devised to act as reference points.
But this approach isn't super generalizable because a lot of photos simply don't have enough parallel lines to act as reference points.
Both ends act as reference points for recognition and proper processing by Dicer [ 17].
By default, the embedding process simply selects t sequences to act as reference points, and calculates the distances from these references to all other sequences.
Teachers are also targeted during the training sessions so that they can act as reference points for the students who are in constant contact with them.
Physical features like roads, schools, springs and boreholes acted as reference points to identify the extent of the various land use and land cover types during the periods under study.
It's not what I'd do but I'm not going to launch a tirade about it :) As a tool I suppose it could be a useful addendum to an article in order to act as a reference point for a listener, but then if you're going to do that you might as well just add a link to a song by the band you've just written about... Well... we formed after college so (hopefully) we got that out of our systems.
According to its website, the aims of the group are to "promote collaboration", "act as a reference point", and "influence policy on issues related to mental well-being in HE".
The coming elections offer no democratic guarantees, so it is up to the European Union to act as a reference point in ensuring that the citizens of Peru and the democratic parties of that country receive those guarantees.
It is intended to act as a reference point, and to demonstrate that a hasty implementation may well lead to costly results including a loss of confidence in ePHRs which may interfere with future access to technological innovation.
