A theodolite (/θiˈɒdəˌlaɪt/) is a precision optical instrument for measuring angles between designated visible points in the horizontal and vertical planes...

carried out in the period 1784 to 1853. This includes the five great theodolites—great in name, great in size and great in accuracy—used in surveys of...

They use equipment, such as total stations, robotic total stations, theodolites, GNSS receivers, retroreflectors, 3D scanners, lidar sensors, radios...

Temporary adjustments are a set of operations which are performed on a theodolite to make it ready for taking observations. These include its initial setting...

Adjustments of theodolite may refer to: Permanent adjustments of theodolite Temporary adjustments of theodolite Adjustment computations This disambiguation...

The permanent adjustments of theodolites are made to establish fixed relationship between the instrument's fundamental lines. The fundamental lines or...

Tellurometer Theodolite Half theodolite Plain theodolite Simple theodolite Great theodolite Non-transit theodolite Transit theodolite Seconds theodolite Electronic...

station theodolite is an electronic/optical instrument used for surveying and building construction. It is an electronic transit theodolite integrated...

surveying gyro) is an instrument composed of a gyrocompass mounted to a theodolite. It is used to determine the orientation of true north. It is the main...

5 mi) wide, rising to 1,035 metres (3,396 ft) between Misty Pass and Theodolite Hill, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. The plateau rises south of Schmidt...

data to about 30 km slant range. These instruments were developed from theodolites by the addition of a movie camera, adding the ability to track a vehicle...

called stadia lines or stadia hairs, are crosshairs on the reticle of a theodolite or other surveying instrument that allow stadiametric rangefinding. The...

subsequent triangulation Roy ordered a new theodolite from leading instrument-maker Jesse Ramsden. This Ramsden theodolite, delivered in 1787, for the first time...

Reconnaissance of survey stations was commenced in 1935, using Tavistock theodolites to confirm the inter-visibility of stations. Survey of the triangulation...

repair instruments used for the Survey of India. To try to make his theodolites less susceptible to field conditions Everest proposed a new pattern with...

Starting in southern India, the survey teams moved northward using giant theodolites, each weighing 500 kg (1,100 lb) and requiring 12 men to carry, to measure...

and has contributed to the Cascades' title of "The American Alps". A theodolite survey of West and East Fury on Oct 22, 2022, established the altitudes...

relative to one another are determined using a tacheometer (a form of theodolite). It is used without a chain or tape for distance measurement and without...

supplied national surveys such as the Ordnance Survey, with large transit theodolites. In 1922 with business in a depressed state Cooke and Troughton & Simms...

the direction the theodolite is pointing. Consider tracking a helicopter flying towards the theodolite from the horizon. The theodolite is a telescope mounted...

understanding of the gravitational field of the Earth, either to set up theodolites or to determine GPS satellite orbits. The study of the figure of the...

meanings. Normal-section azimuth is the angle measured at our viewpoint by a theodolite whose axis is perpendicular to the surface of the spheroid; geodetic azimuth...

used to support any one of a number of surveying instruments, such as theodolites, total stations, levels or transits. The modern sturdy, but portable...

prisoner at Yorktown. Observing a solar eclipse through the telescope of a theodolite without darkened glasses led to the burning of the retina of his left...

near the surface of the Earth. Surveying equipment such as levels and theodolites are used for accurate measurement of angular deviation, horizontal, vertical...

Universal theodolite made by Florenz Sartorius, c. 1910...

University of Ottawa, and certified its location by magnetometer and theodolite at 78°35′42″N 104°11′54″W / 78.59500°N 104.19833°W / 78.59500; -104...

visual data for the film in downtown Madison, Georgia. The crew used a theodolite to collect points in three-dimensional space to complete a detailed survey...

weather balloon position can be tracked from the ground visually using theodolites. Remote sensing techniques for wind include SODAR, Doppler lidars and...

perception tools include the ruler, glasses, square, sensors, straightedge, theodolite, microscope, monitor, clock, phone, printer Shaping tools, such as molds...