ADVANTAGES OF TOTAL STATION

Advantages of total station are as following:

1. Automation of old maps

2. Greater accuracy in area computation
3. Local language support
4. Integration of database
5. Quick setting of the instrument on the tripod using laser plummet
6. Full GIS creation
7. Enormous plotting and area computation at any user required scale
8. Graphical view of plots and land for quick visualization

Uses of Total Station

a) Fixing 3-D coordinate of situations, w.r.t. a reference station

b) Setting out works for important civil engineering project like dams, bridges,
canals, tunnels etc.
c) Baseline measurements in triangulation work.
d) Contouring, mapping, volume or area measurement through suitable software or
connection to computer
e) Missing line measurement (obstructed or omitted measurement)
f) Measurement of horizontal, vertical and oblique angles between lines/objects
g) Measurement of horizontal and slopping distances between stations.