Question
Download Solution PDFThe modern electronic Tacheometers are a combination of :
(a) An electronic theodolite
(b) An electronic data collector
(c) An Electronic distance measurement
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Electronic Tacheometers or Total station:
- Electronic Tacheometers or Total station is a combination of an electronic theodolite, an electronic distance measurement (EDM), and an electronic data collector.
- It is an optical instrument used to measure distances & angles in digital form.
- The maximum range of a total station is typically 1 to 3 km to a single prism assuming good visibility.
- The total station is activated through its control panel, which consists of a keyboard and multiple-line liquid crystal display (LCD).
- The total station is used to determine horizontal and vertical angles together with the slope distance from the instrument to the points to be surveyed.
- The precision of a typical total station is 5mm.
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