The Application of Total Station Instruments without Prism in Iinclination Observation of Buildings

Measuring the tilt is the main index of structure deformation monitoring. Measuring the inclination of buildings with total station instruments without prism is easy to operate with minor errors compared with the conventional gradient measurement method,therefore the work efficiency is improved significantly. Furthermore,indirect analytical method of measuring the inclination of buildings using total station instruments has a much higher accuracy than that of the direct method,which shed light on a borader application prospect of total station instruments without prism in measuring inclination of buildings.