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Transportation
Transportation, the movement of goods and persons from place to place and the various means by which such movement is…
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How to Measure A Tall Building or Skyscraper Without Leaving the Ground
A tall building like the “Burj” in Dubai is almost 818 meters (2684 feet) above the ground level, which is…
Surveying 1 min read
More Useful Measurement Units
The E indicates an exponent, as in scientific notation, followed by a positive or negative number, representing the power of…
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Measurement-Units
Weight Calculator Standard conversion factors INCH = 25.4 MILLIMETRE FOOT = 0.3048 METRE YARD = 0.9144 METRE MILE = 1.6093…
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METHODS OF CONTOURING
Contouring needs the determination of elevation of various points on the ground and at the same the horizontal positions of…
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Mapping and Contouring
MAPPING After completing field work in chain survey and compass survey lot of office work is involved to prepare the…
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TOTAL STATION
It is combination of EDM instrument and electronic theodolite. It is also integrated with microprocessor, electronic data collector and storage…
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ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTANCE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
Sun light or artificially generated electromagnetic waves consists of waves of different lengths. The spectrum of an electromagnetic wave Among…
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Measurement of Vertical Angle
Horizontal sight is taken as zero vertical angle. Angle of elevations are noted as +ve angles and angle of depression as…
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Use of Theodolite
Theodolite is used for measuring horizontal and vertical angles. For this the theodolite should be centered on the desired station point, levelled…
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Parts of a Vernier Theodolite
Shows a sectional view of a typical Vernier theodolite and plate 16.1 shows photograph of such theodolite. Main parts of…
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Modern Tools of Surveying
Theodolite is an instrument which replaced compass and level. It can measure both horizontal and vertical angles. If telescope is…