Patent ID: 8310535

Claim:
A surveying system, comprising a surveying device having a telescope for aligning a target to be installed on a collimating direction of survey setting point and a function for tracking said target by receiving a reflection light for said target by said telescope and a remote control device provided on said target side and for remotely controlling the surveying device, wherein said surveying device comprises measuring units, image pickup units for collimating said target and acquiring an image in the collimating direction, a first radio unit, and a first control arithmetic unit, and said remote control device comprises a second radio unit, a second control arithmetic unit, a display unit, and an operation input unit, wherein said surveying device transmits an image data acquired at the image pickup unit to said remote control device via said radio unit, and said remote control device receives said image data via said second radio unit, and said display unit displays the image in an inversion display based on said image data, wherein said inversion display represents a left-to-right mirror image and said display unit displays a vertical straight line in said image which represent a horizontal direction of a coordinate of said survey setting point and wherein said display unit is a touch panel and a distance is measured on a point designated in an image displayed on said display unit.