Patent ID: 8296964

Claim:
A measurement apparatus ( 10 ) for the absolute value determination of lengths or of angles, comprising: said apparatus having at least one reading head ( 14 ) and a physical scale ( 12 ) which has at least a partial section ( 18 ) with a connection ( 28 ) for another partial section ( 18 ) in a sequential arrangement, wherein the partial section ( 18 ) includes a control unit ( 30 ) for the active determination of the position of the reading head ( 14 ) proximal to the partial section ( 18 ) as well as a storage element ( 32 ) in which an own position information of the partial section ( 18 ) within the physical scale ( 12 ) can be stored, wherein the reading head ( 14 ) is configured to generate a respective measurement value for both partial sections ( 18 c ) at a transition ( 34 ) between two partial sections ( 18 ), and wherein the measurement apparatus ( 10 ) comprises means for deriving a correction value for the transition ( 34 ) from the difference of the two measurement values.