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Land Surveying Instrument - Digital Level - Geomatics

General Instruments Survey Guide

Land Surveying ⛰️ what is it?

Land Surveying is the process of gathering, collecting, and processing geographical data for creating a informational report about the surveyed area. Land Surveyors gather positional data to produce accurate representation of the shape of the land and anything on it.

Instruments Software Survey Guide

TSC3 Trimble Station Setup Options

The Trimble Survey Controller (TSC for short) has a few options to aid in setting up your instrument, each with its own pros and cons. In this article, I'll aim to explain how each Station Setup mode works and in which scenario you would use it.

Instruments Sources of Errors Survey Guide Targets

Prism Constants in Survey Targets Explained

Have you ever used targets and total stations from different manufacturers (e.g. using a Leica Target with a Trimble instrument) and wondered why you're having systematic errors in your data? Chances are you need to correct your constants.