Total Station System as surveying supply

Results from both, a three-dimensional free station position and the point accuracies from a three dimensional co-ordinate transformation using minimax technologies, reveal practical information on the total station as surveying supply.

An alternate method of checking the total station’s performance (not calibrate) in an easy to operate measurement scenario is described in this paper.

In this age of “black box” technologies, when monitoring the state of operation of one’s instruments is difficult, the authors propose this method to help surveyors track the performance and reliability of their surveying instruments.