Everything you need to know about the Total Station in Construction

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An electrically driven and technologically sophisticated surveying equipment called a total station is used for measuring and surveying tasks. This useful tool may be used to measure distances as well as horizontal and vertical points. A total station is an electronic/optical tool used in today's construction and surveying. It combines an electronic distance meter and a transit theodolite in one device (EDM).