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What is the first step in using a total station for radial measurement?

Set the instrument over a corner and sight a reference corner.

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  1. Draw the map before measuring
  2. Measure the elevation of the instrument only
  3. Set the instrument over a corner and sight a reference corner ✔

Why: The requirement says to set the instrument over a corner, sight another corner for reference, and record angles and distances.

Huh, didn't know that: The requirement says to set the instrument over a corner, sight another corner for reference, and record angles and distances.

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Setting up over a corner helps the surveyor get a good angle on things.
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Answer: Set the instrument over a corner and sight a reference corner. The requirement says to set the instrument over a corner, sight another corner for reference, and record angles and distances.

  1. Scouting America: Surveying www.scouting.org/merit-badges/surveying
    Set an instrument over one of the corners of a five-sided lot laid out by your counselor and sighting one of the other corners for reference
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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