CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM

Introduction

Throughout the history, the development of our instrument and equipment is

evolving by upgrading and inventing new things. This development led as to make our

jobs quicker and easier. Together with the survey instrument, this instrument also has its

own history on what and where it started. The old instrument gave us the determination to

evolve our instrument through our current upgraded equipment that we use to gather data

for surveying purposes. With this upgraded equipment, the surveyors can simply survey

and gather data with less error better than before.

The oldest instruments served in the determination of distances needed in house

building, water supply, the dividing of land property, and in the determination of land

property areas. The construction of roads, canals, monumental buildings and the like

needed rather accurate measurements and therefore contributed to the development of

instruments and methods of measuring.

The Different Instrument that is used by the Geodetic Engineers in the Philippine
ST. JOHNPAUL COLLEGGE OF DAVAO