Mine Survey Unit 2

Prof K.S.Siva Subramanian

 Total Station
• A total station is an electronic/optical instrument used in
modern surveying and building construction that uses electronic
transit theodolite in conjunction with electronic distance meter
(EDM).
• It is also integrated with microprocessor, electronic data collector
and storage system.
• The instrument is used to measure sloping distance of object to the
instrument, horizontal angles and vertical angles.
• This Microprocessor unit enables for computation of data collected
to further calculate the horizontal distance, coordinates of a point
and reduced level of point.
• Data collected from total station can be downloaded into
computer/laptops for further processing of information.
• Capability of a Total Station
Microprocessor unit in total station processes the data
collected to compute:
• Average of multiple angles measured.
• Average of multiple distance measured.
• Horizontal distance.
• Distance between any two points.
• Elevation of objects and
• All the three coordinates of the observed points.
• Data collected and processed in a Total Station can
be downloaded to computers for further processing.
 Parts of Total Station
• A total station is composed of four
main components;
– EDM (Electronic Distance Measurement),
– electronic theodolite,
– microprocessor and
– Electronic display.
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