Abstract: A surveying apparatus is provided that includes devices for measuring a range and angle of a point, a processor for processing results of a location survey from the range and angle measurements, a memory for storing the processed data of the location survey, a transmitter, such as a mobile phone, for transmitting the processed data to a communications object connected to a communications network, such as the Internet, in compliance with a communications protocol, and a receiver that receives the survey data in compliance with the communications protocol. The apparatus allows survey data from different surveying devices to interact bi-directionally via the Internet.

Abstract: An automatic collimation surveying apparatus is provided with a collimation camera optical system (47) of a high magnification ratio; a wide-angle CCD camera optical system (89) having a wide field of view; a touch-panel display (64) for displaying an image picked up by both CCD camera optical systems; an image processing unit (60) for discriminating points of measurement from the above-described image; a touch-pen for pointing out points of measurement on the above-described image; and an automatic collimation unit (69) for automatically collimating the pointed-out points of measurement. In addition, illumination light from light source (80) is concurrently used as collimation light and is aligned so as to be emitted along the collimation axis (O) of a collimation camera optical system. The surveying apparatus can be remotely controlled from a measurement controller such as a peripheral personal computer.

Abstract: A surveying apparatus is provided that includes devices for measuring a range and angle of a point, a processor for processing results of a location survey from the range and angle measurements, a memory for storing the processed data of the location survey, a transmitter, such as a mobile phone, for transmitting the processed data to a communications object connected to a communications network, such as the Internet, in compliance with a communications protocol, and a receiver that receives the survey data in compliance with the communications protocol. The apparatus allows survey data from different surveying devices to interact bi-directionally via the Internet.

Abstract: An automatic collimation surveying apparatus is provided with a collimation camera optical system (47) of a high magnification ratio; a wide-angle CCD camera optical system (89) having a wide field of view; a touch-panel display (64) for displaying an image picked up by both CCD camera optical systems; an image processing unit (60) for discriminating points of measurement from the above-described image; a touch-pen for pointing out points of measurement on the above-described image; and an automatic collimation unit (69) for automatically collimating the pointed-out points of measurement. In addition, illumination light from light source (80) is concurrently used as collimation light and is aligned so as to be emitted along the collimation axis (O) of a collimation camera optical system. The surveying apparatus can be remotely controlled from a measurement controller such as a peripheral personal computer.