Patent ID: 8319952

Claim:
A handheld geographic data collecting system, comprising a distance measuring unit for projecting a distance measuring light and for measuring a distance to an object to be measured, a camera for taking an image in measuring direction, a display unit for displaying the pickup image, a touch panel provided to correspond to a screen position of said display unit, a tilt sensor for detecting a tilting of the measuring direction at a time said distance measuring unit performs said measurement, a GPS unit for measuring a coordinate position at said time said distance measuring unit performs said measurement, an azimuth sensor for detecting the absolute direction of an optical axis of said camera at said time said distance measuring unit performs said measurement, an arithmetic unit for calculating a distance to the object to be measured by giving consideration on the tilting in the measuring direction based on a result of distance measurement of said distance measuring unit and on a result of detection of said tilt sensor at said time of measurement and a point-to-point distance as specified on the image by specifying two or more points of the object to be measured on a displayed image via said touch panel based on said result of distance measurement and on field angle between two points on the image, and a handheld housing for accommodating said distance measuring unit, said camera, said display unit, said touch panel, said tilt sensor, said GPS unit, said azimuth sensor and said arithmetic unit, wherein said display unit comprises an azimuth display unit for displaying an azimuth detected by said azimuth sensor at said time said distance measuring unit performs said measurement and a tilt display unit for displaying the tilting of the measuring direction at said time said distance measuring unit performs said measurement.