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Tacheometry

Archaic rapid surveying method

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Party wall

Wall shared by two adjoining properties

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Deformation monitoring
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Echo sounding

Measuring the depth of water by transmitting sound waves into water and timing the return

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Knotted cord
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Spirit level

Tool to indicate whether a surface is level or plumb

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Environmental surveying
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Machine guidance
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Triangulation station

Fixed surveying station used in geodetic surveying

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Benchmark (surveying)

Point with known height used in surveying when levelling

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Baseline (surveying)

Line between two points on the Earth's surface

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Survey marker

Object placed to mark a point

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Macrometer
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Circumferentor

Surveying tool to measure horizontal angles

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Groma (surveying)

Principal Roman surveying instrument

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Tribrach (instrument)

Adjustable mounting plate between a surveying instrument and its tripod

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Topographic Abney level

Surveying instrument

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Gyrotheodolite

Surveying instrument

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Surveyor's wheel

Distance-measuring device

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Ramsden surveying instruments

Instruments used in surveys 1784 to 1853

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Philadelphia rod
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