Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Measuring Devices (hierarchy name)
5. measuring devices (instruments)
6. [measuring devices for extent]
7. distance measuring devices
8. angle measuring devices

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment
4. Tools and Equipment
5. equipment
6. equipment by profession or discipline
7. equipment for engineering and building trades
8. surveying instruments

Narrower term/s

• total stations

Anotations

Scope note:

Precision surveying instruments for measuring horizontal and sometimes vertical angles and consisting of a sighting telescope mounted so that it is free to rotate horizontally and vertically and accompanying graduated scales to measure the angle of rotation.