Trimble Survey Controller Data Collection Software for Total Station and GNSS / GPS Surveying

Trimble Survey Controller field software offers land surveyors a complete data collection solution for optical and GNSS / GPS surveying. Advanced yet easy to use, Trimble Survey Controller helps complete every job faster and more easily. It gives full control over data collection and stakeout, with color maps displaying results in real time as you measure. Trimble Survey Controller field software runs on the TSC2 and Trimble CU Controllers as well as TSCe and ACU controllers. Language support includes: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Italian, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. To learn more, download the Trimble Survey Controller Tech Notes Integrated Surveying With one software, one controller, and one file surveying data is organized in a single Job file. Switch seamlessly between Trimble GPS systems and optical total stations, including major third-party total stations. Transfer data to any office software in the Trimble suite for processing, including Trimble Geomatics Office, Trimble Total Control, Trimble Business Center, and Terramodel software. Transfer data to and from third-party survey, design, and GIS software packages (via the office software).

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Trimble Survey Controller Options Engineering Option for Trimble Survey Controller targets specific workflows such as tunneling and monitoring. The software leads you through tasks such as marking areas of under and overcut with the laser pointer of the Trimble S8 Total Station. The Engineering Option also expedites data collection for monitoring applications. High Accuracy GIS Option for Trimble Survey Controller provides the tools to deliver GISready information with surveying accuracy. Users can save time and avoid mistakes by linking images to a point as soon as they are collected using a WiFi capable camera. o Technical Notes - Trimble Survey Controller - High Accuracy GIS [.pdf]

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Archaeological survey using a Leica TPS1100 total station on an Iron Age dwelling in Ytterby, Sweden.

A total station is an electronic/optical instrument used in modern surveying. The total station is an electronic theodolite (transit) integrated with an electronic distance meter (EDM) to read slope distances from the instrument to a particular point.[1] Robotic total stations allow the operator to control the instrument from a distance via remote control. This eliminates the need for an assistant staff member as the operator holds the reflector and controls the total station from the observed point.
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1 Technology

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1.1 Coordinate measurement 1.2 Angle measurement 1.3 Distance measurement 1.4 Data processing

2 Applications

2.1 Mining

3 Instrument manufacturers 4 See also 5 Notes 6 Further reading

[edit]Technology [edit]Coordinate

measurement

Coordinates of an unknown point relative to a known coordinate can be determined using the total station as long as a direct line of sight can be established between the two points. Angles and distances are measured

from the total station to points under survey, and the coordinates (X, Y, and Z or northing, easting and elevation) of surveyed points relative to the total station position are calculated using trigonometry and triangulation. To determine an absolute location a Total Station requires line of sight observations and must be set up over a known point or with line of sight to 2 or more points with known location. For this reason, some total stations also have a Global Navigation Satellite System interface which do not require a direct line of sight to determine coordinates. However, GNSS measurements may require longer occupation periods and offer relatively poor accuracy in the vertical axis.

[edit]Angle

measurement

Most modern total station instruments measure angles by means of electro-optical scanning of extremely precise digital bar-codes etched on rotating glass cylinders or discs within the instrument. The best quality total stations are capable of measuring angles to 0.5 arc-second. Inexpensive "construction grade" total stations can generally measure angles to 5 or 10 arc-seconds.

[edit]Distance

measurement

Measurement of distance is accomplished with a modulated microwave or infrared carrier signal, generated by a small solid-state emitter within the instrument's optical path, and reflected by a prism reflector or the object under survey. The modulation pattern in the returning signal is read and interpreted by the computer in the total station. The distance is determined by emitting and receiving multiple frequencies, and determining the integer number of wavelengths to the target for each frequency. Most total stations use purpose-built glass corner cube prism reflectors for the EDM signal. A typical total station can measure distances with an accuracy of about 1.5 millimetres (0.0049 ft) + 2 parts per million over a distance of up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).[2] Reflectorless total stations can measure distances to any object that is reasonably light in color, up to a few hundred meters.

[edit]Data

processing

Some models include internal electronic data storage to record distance, horizontal angle, and vertical angle measured, while other models are equipped to write these measurements to an external data collector, such as a hand-held computer. When data is downloaded from a total station onto a computer, application software can be used to compute results and generate a map of the surveyed area. The new generation of total stations (e.g. Hilti POS 15/18) can also show the map on the touch-sceen of the instrument right after measuring the points.

[edit]Applications

Total stations are mainly used by land surveyors and Civil Engineers, either to record features as in Topographic Surveying or to set out features (such as roads, houses or boundaries). They are also used by archaeologists to record excavations and by police, crime scene investigators, private accident reconstructionists and insurance companies to take measurements of scenes.

[edit]Mining
Total stations are the primary survey instrument used in mining surveying. A total station is used to record the absolute location of the tunnel walls (stopes), ceilings (backs), and floors as the drifts of an underground mine are driven. The recorded data are then downloaded into a CAD program, and compared to the designed layout of the tunnel. The survey party installs control stations at regular intervals. These are small steel plugs installed in pairs in holes drilled into walls or the back. For wall stations, two plugs are installed in opposite walls, forming a line perpendicular to the drift. For back stations, two plugs are installed in the back, forming a line parallel to the drift. A set of plugs can be used to locate the total station set up in a drift or tunnel by processing measurements to the plugs by intersection and resection.

[edit]Instrument

manufacturers

F. W. Breithaupt & Sohn Fennel (today: Geo-Fennel) Hilti Leica Geosystems

Kern & Co. AG (until 1992, today Leica Geosystems) Wild Heerbrugg AG (historical). The company was incorporated into Leica Geosystems in 1990

Miller, Innsbruck (until ca. 1990) Nikon Ruide Sokkia Topcon Trimble Navigation Ltd.

Carl Zeiss (historical), today part of Trimble Navigations Ltd. Geodimeter (historical), today part of Trimble Navigations Ltd.

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Spectra Precision, today part of Trimble, although still manfactured under its own brand.

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[edit]Notes

Theodolite LIDAR Surveying Compass

1.

^ Kavanagh, B. F. and Glenn Bird, S. J. (1996). Surveying principles and applications (4 ed.). Prentice Hall. pp. 257264. ISBN 0-13-438300-1.

2.

^ Leica Flexline TS02/06/09. (2008). Leica Geosystems. See datasheet for model TS06 (PDF). Retrieved 27 August 2009

[edit]Further

reading

Using a Total Station

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