Talk:Total station

message: Can we work with Refelctorless total station in night when there is small intensity of light?
Sanjay Lipare
sanjay_lipare@rediffmail.com
:Both regular and reflectorless total stations work by bouncing laser "light" off the target. The laser may be infrared, so not visible to the eye. But since the light is created by the total station, it does not matter whether it is night or not. --Gerry Ashton (talk) 17:52, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Details to add 

message: Can a total station show E991 what signific it?
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:What is E991? --Gerry Ashton (talk) 17:53, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  question 

message: this page was redirected from searching "sokkia". but the total station in the picture is manufactured by leica. someone with enough rights should it out.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.35.164.46 (talk) 17:48, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  sokkia 

message: EDM redirects here. It should not. The EDM is a device developed independent of the total station. It was common (for a time) that EDMs were mounted on theodolites with no ability to compute anything but slope distance to the target. I came here looking for interesting information about the development of the EDM from the time of microwave distance measurement and through the use of EDM to measure the distance to the retroreflective prism arrays placed on the moon during the Apollo missions.
I am disappointed. An EDM is not necessarily associated with a total station. You might as well redirect Tire to Car.--Bodybagger (talk) 06:01, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: EDM should redirect here, until such time as there is an EDM article all of its own. You could write this yourself 8-)   In the meantime this isn't ideal, but it's the best we've got.  I'd certainly suggest adding a short EDM section to Total station, just to indicate the history.   Andy Dingley (talk) 08:05, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  EDM Redirect 

message: I oppose a merge with "Laser tracker" because while they may be based on similar technology, laser trackers are much shorter range, more accurate, and worked with by a different community of users (for the most part). Jc3s5h (talk) 21:43, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed merge with "Laser tracker"

message: Suggest that the term meter should be used for a measuring device, and metre used for the SI base unit of distance.
While a statement has been added to the 'Total station' article that the American 'meter' variety of the spelling of the International System of Units base unit 'metre' should be used, this variety has not been established by 'consistent usage'. if anything, the consistent usage rule establishes use of 'metre', as 'metres' and 'millimetres' are already incorporated in the article. The term 'meter' is also correctly used to refer to a measuring device, in the second sentence.
There is no reason that this article should use American (or any other) spelling variations.
WP:RETAIN
See also: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers § Retaining the existing format
When an English variety's consistent usage has been established in an article, it is maintained in the absence of consensus to the contrary.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by JuanFox (talk • contribs) 02:59, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The argument about meter only referring to a measuring instrument was decided long ago at Wikipedia:Manual of style/Dates and numbers; it is disruptive editing to re-argue it at each page. This article consistently used "meter" for the unit of measure in 2009 but I accidentally forgot to add a parameter to the convert template in this edit. I will now correct my error. Jc3s5h (talk) 15:47, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage of metre and meter 

message: Total stations seem to be an instrument that can measure distance and angles.  The first is most frequently done by some sort of EDM and the latter by an optical angle encoder that is manually operated.
I propose that a new goal should be set for the development of a true "Total" Station.
First of all it should be robotic.
Incorporate A GNSS/DGPS system.
Have an on board high resolution 20 mega pixel camera.
Optics that can resolve .5 arc seconds at 50 feet.
Record Temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind direction and speed in all readings and calculations.
Other things that could be included.
Spectrometer (detect airborne or surface chemical spills or hazards)
Geiger Counter (measure environmental radiation)
seismic sensor (measure seismic activity)
lidar wind speed meter (could measure winds aloft or wind across a horizontal distance)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.44.163.17 (talk) 16:26, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The preceding post is entirely unrelated to the purpose of Wikipedia, or any other encyclopaedia. Jc3s5h (talk) 17:59, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: What a "Total" Station should be