{"id":3043,"date":"2021-07-07T17:50:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T12:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goseeko.com\/blog\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2026-04-15T05:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:46:59","slug":"what-is-total-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goseeko.com\/blog\/what-is-total-station\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Total station?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An electronic total station means an E.D.M and a digital theodolite built as one unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly it is powered by small rechargeable batteries and built into its memory are a number of self contained functions which include the measurement of slope distance .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore electronic field book is a data recording module and this data recording module records the data and additional information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly in total, station field survey data consisting of the angles, distance and related information is stored in electric field work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Advantages:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Instrument itself measures the distance as total station consist features of Edm thus accuracy increases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Therefore it is a digital instrument which gives the direct reading of personal mistakes that can be eliminated.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Uses of Total station:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Firstly with the help of electronic total stations, measurements of slope distance. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Therefore horizontal and vertical distance can be accurately and precisely found out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electronic total station gives the complete basic surveying exercise in order to appreciate how land survey measurement can be used in support in engineering construction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Therefore one can measure Vertical angle and horizontal angle accurately by electronic station.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is for levelling classified as the indirect leveling method and so, since one judge it that the method can maintain the considerable accuracy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Part-1#Total Station Explanation with All Parts In Hindi\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d_DoEB4zWEQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Principle features:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>High accuracy and long measuring range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Higher accuracy: (+ or -) 2mm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long measuring range with mini prism is 0.9 km<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Versatile application programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On board data collection, sketch out road calculation and many more functions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>2. 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