Pole (surveying)

In surveying, a pole is bar made of wood or metal and normally held vertical, upon which different instruments can be mounted: a prism, a GPS device, etc.[1] It may be manufactured with a predetermined length (e.g., 2 meters) or may be graduated for different heights or stages.

This article is about the surveyor's tool. For the unit of length, see Rod (unit).
Surveying prism pole with instrument attached

Technology advances have introduced tilt-compensation capability into survey poles, that allow the surveyor to measure points above ground or when the pole is off-vertical. [2]

References-
  1. Gay, Paul (2014). Practical Boundary Surveying: Legal and Technical Principles. Springer. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-3-319-07158-9. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. "Tilt Compensation (at the Rod)". SurveyorConnect. 20 August 2018.

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