The total station

a total station consists of a theodolite with a built -in distance meter [distancer], and so it can measure angles and distances at the same time. today 's eiectronic total stations all have an opto -electronic distance meter [Edm] and electronic angle scanning. the coded scales of the horizontal and vertical cires are scaned electronically , and thenthe angles and distances are dipayed digitaiiy. the horizontal digitally. 

the horizontal disace, the height difference and the coorinates are calcuiated automatically and all measurements and additional information can be recorded. 

leica total stiosare spplieed with a software package thet enables most urva tasks to b e carried out asily, quickly and elegantly. the most important of these pro- gramsa are presented in the section ''. total stations are used wherever the positions and heights of points, or merely their .bositions, need .to be determined