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A tacheometer is a type of theodolite used for rapid measurements. It determines the distance to the target electronically or electro-optically. Tacheometry is a system of rapid surveying that does not use chain or tape. There are times when measuring with a theodolite and measuring tape can be dangerous or impossible.
A theodolite is an older surveying tool. Those were just precision optical devices used to compute angles between known fixed points, and they required using trigonometry to get the final values. However, there are modern versions of theodolites called Total Stations that are more convenient to use than even a tacheometer. These will cost you about $50,000 a piece or so.
Please note that the question asks about a tacheometer (or tachymeter) which is a surveying tool, not a tachometer which measures engine speed.
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∙ 12y agoTacheometer is a somewhat obsolescent term for a type of distance meter or range finder, somewhat similar to a theodolite as it is precisely leveled and it used from a tripod. Tachometer ( to measure speed) is the device that indicates the shaft speed of a motor vehicle engine, and is always calibrated in Revolutions per minute- or RPM. As I mis-thought in the drummer boy song- Then he nudged her ( sound effects) followed by the R.P.M. kept time! ( sounds like a song like the Hot Rod Lincoln!
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What is the type of theodolite?
Transit and non-transit theodolite.
What unit does a theodolite measure?
A theodolite is used to measure angles of a plane. This can be both vertical or horizontal, and it is used with high precision.
What is the least count of a theodolite?
20 degree
Functions of indvidual parts of the theodolite?
upper clamb
What pccupation would a person have who used theodolite?
surveyors
What are the differences between a theodolite and a tacheometre?
when theodolite is fixed with analytic lens then it is called tachometer, without the analytic lens the instrument would be called as constant zero.
What is the difference between thedolite and total station?
What is the difference between theodolite and total station?
What is the difference between theodolite and tachometer?
A theodolite is a survey instrument. A tachometer tells you how many Revs per minute an engine is turning.
What is the diffrence between thedolite and total station?
What is the difference between theodolite and total station?
What is the difference between a theodolite and a dumpy level?
In dumpy level we can check only horizontal angles whereas in theodolite we can check vertical angles also.
What is the difference in between levelling machine and theodolite?
Dumpty level can be used only for vertical measurements while a theodolite functions in both horizontal and vertical measurements.
What is the index error in theodolite?
Half of the difference between the two positions is called the "index error".
Who is the father of Theodolite?
Father of Theodolite
What are the advantages of an anallactic lens used in tacheometer?
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What is the type of theodolite?
Transit and non-transit theodolite.
Advantages and disadvantages of theodolite?
advantage and disadvantage of theodolite
What is the difference between a transit and a theodolite?
They are the same - they are precision instruments having telescopic sights for establishing horizontal and sometimes vertical angles . In the US and Canada they are called Transit Levels, in the UK Theodolites.
