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Wendell

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I know nothing about surveyors or other equipment I got a friend of mine who keeps saying my "survey gun". What is a survey gun?

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Posted : January 28, 2016 5:51 pm

holy-cow

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We use the "guns" to take "shots". That's part of our common lingo. With the total station, for example, a beam is emitted that shoots out to a reflective prism and bounces back to determine the distance it is away from the total station. As you move with the prism from point to point you are taking numerous "shots".

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Posted : January 28, 2016 6:19 pm

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Surveyors commonly refer to their "total station" instruments as a "gun". Total Stations measure angles in both the horizontal and vertical plane and also measure distances. They are the workhorse instrument in the surveyor toolkit.

Posted : January 28, 2016 6:48 pm

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The view through the 'gun' scope also closely resembles the view through a rifle scope with 'target' crosshairs. Taking a 'shot' at a prism also has similar parallels. Mostly though 'Gun' just sounds way cooler than totalstation or theodolite.

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Posted : January 28, 2016 6:57 pm