Surveying prism pole with instrument attached

In surveying, a pole is bar made of wood or metal and normally held vertical, upon which different instruments can be mounted: a prism, a GPS device, etc.[1] It may be manufactured with a predetermined length (e.g., 2 meters) or may be graduated for different heights or stages.

Technology advances have introduced tilt-compensation capability into survey poles, that allow the surveyor to measure points above ground or when the pole is off-vertical. [2]

References-

  1. ↑ Gay, Paul (2014). Practical Boundary Surveying: Legal and Technical Principles. Springer. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-3-319-07158-9. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tilt Compensation (at the Rod)". SurveyorConnect. 20 August 2018.

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