Total station in Russia

Unfortunately, today in the world the significant part of all field survey-making works is carried out by traditional optical theodolites, long measurement nozzles and other out-of-date geodetic devices. The most progressive organizations successfully introduce within last 5 years of technology with application Total station.

On rough estimates, now only in Russia it is used nearby 23 thousand units. The real requirement in modern tacheometers makes hundreds a year. Underestimation by heads of a various level of advantages from introduction of new technologies, “expenses mechanisms ” financings of many kinds of works, especially building, the common economic problems and high enough cost of Total station (from 10 up to 2535$ thousands.) These do not allow many organizations to pass to modern digital technologies of field works. Nevertheless, in case of development in Russia the real market of services in the field of a geodesy, cartography and geoinformatics, the companies applying the most progressive and effective technologies, can press considerably the companies working on out-of-date technologies. It is expected, that as a whole in the world market in the near future cost of the equipment will decrease, and the built in software and their appendices will increase. Cost of service and spare parts also should decrease owing to increase in reliability of work of devices and prolongation of term of their ability to live.

However expenses for training and user support, obviously, will increase because of complication of a configuration of systems, opportunities of their modernization and multipurpose application.