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    The stadia method uses a telescope with two cross hairs and a graduated rod to measure distances. The distance from the focal point to the rod (d) can be calculated using the stadia interval (S) and a stadia interval factor (K). The total horizontal distance from the instrument center to the rod (D) adds the stadia constant (C) to this calculation.

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    The stadia method uses a telescope with two cross hairs and a graduated rod to measure distances. The distance from the focal point to the rod (d) can be calculated using the stadia interval (S) and a stadia interval factor (K). The total horizontal distance from the instrument center to the rod (D) adds the stadia constant (C) to this calculation.

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    The stadia method uses a telescope with two cross hairs and a graduated rod to measure distances. The distance from the focal point to the rod (d) can be calculated using the stadia interval (S) and a stadia interval factor (K). The total horizontal distance from the instrument center to the rod (D) adds the stadia constant (C) to this calculation.

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    STADIA SURVEYING

    Stadia survey is a tacheometric form of distance measurement that relies on a fixed-


    angle intercept.

    Tacheometry is the procedure by which horizontal distances and difference in elevations


    are determined indirectly using subtended intervals and angles observed with a transit or
    theodolite on a graduated rod or scale.

    The equipment for stadia measurement consists of


    a. a telescope with two horizontal cross hairs, called upper and lower cross hairs,
    and
    b. a graduated rod called a stadia rod or stadia board.

    HORIZONTAL SIGHTS

    The principle of the stadia method is based in Figure 2.3 shown, wherein the line of sight
    of the telescope is horizontal and the rod is vertical. For the notation

    i = spacing between stadia hairs,


    c = distance from the instrument center to the objective lens center,
    f = focal length (objective lens to focal point),
    d = distance from the focal point F to the face of the rod,
    C = (f + c) = stadia constant,
    for internal focusing telescope, C = 0.0 and
    for external focusing telescope, C = 0.3 m
    D = (C + d) = distance from the instrument center to the face of the rod, and
    S = stadia intercept or interval

    graduated rod

    telescope
    B

    S
    i

    c f
    C
    C d

    D
    Figure 2.3 The stadia method for horizontal sights.
    Considering Fig. 2.3, by similar triangles,

    f = d
    i S

    The horizontal distance d, from focal point to the rod is


    d = f * S, but K = f
    i i
    therefore,
    d = K S, Eq. (2.1)

    where: K is the stadia interval factor (usually


    equal to 100 for most instruments)

    The horizontal distance D, from instrument center to rod is

    D = K S + (c + f)
    D = K S + C Eq. (2.2)

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