What do they hail as that construction tool...? ...that looks like a tripod camera? I don't know, this may come...
...that looks like a tripod camera? I don't know, this may come across like a silly cross-question, but I need to know. You usually see construction workers standing over them, a la taking a photo beside a tripod camera, except it's used for construction purposes rather than taking photos, haha.
Grah, I can't contemplate of a better way to explain it, but I really have need of to know what it's called and what it's used for. Thanks!
Answers: Its call a transit. It is used for survey work to find an exact level splash, or an exact angle.
Modern transits often use a laser truss for even better precision, and can measure distance as economically as angle.
it is for surveying the land. give measurements for property.