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10.

Electronic distance measurement (EDM)


Past questions

 Principle of EDM (2021,2016,2014


 EDM and its classification (2017,2015,
10.1 INTRODUCTION:
Electronic distance measurement (EDM) is a method of determining the length between two
points using electromagnetic waves. EDM is commonly carried out with digital instruments
called theodolites.

10.2 TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS

1) Visible Light Instruments.


 use long radio waves with wavelengths of 150 m to 2 km.
 primarily used for position-fixing systems in hydrographic and oceanographic
surveying.

2) Infrared Instruments
 most commonly utilized in engineering
 wavelengths of 0.8-0.9 pm transmitted by gallium arsenide (GaAs) luminescent
diodes, in a high, continuous frequency.
 accurate to ±0.2 mm ±0.2 mm/km,
 range of 8 km,

3) Microwave Instruments.
 utilize radio wavelengths as carriers and for that reason, need two instruments
 always frequency modulated
 wavelengths usually in the order of 10 cm and 3 cm.
 capable of long ranges around 25 km and beyond
 typical accuracies of ±10 mm ±5 mm/km.
 don’t rely on the light being returned into the master instrument by a reflector, they
may be used night or day in most weather conditions.
8.3 PRINCIPLE OF EDM INSTRUMENT
It calculates the distance by measuring the phase shift during the radiated electromagnetic
wave from the EDM’s main unit, which returns by being reflected through the reflector.

Here the double distance is taken as 2L, which is equal to the total whole number of
wavelength nλ and the particle wavelength w.

Therefore, the distance between the EDM instrument and the reflector (L) is calculated as
follows:
L = (nλ + w ) / 2 Meters
The partial wavelength (w) is determined by calculating the phase shift required and reflected
waves, that is, by calculating the phase delay required to match precisely the transmitted and
the reflected waves.

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