Dioptra⢠Lite - a camera position and angle measurement tool for navigation, surveying, positioning, and measurement - - with over 35,000 users!
Stay tuned for an enhanced Dioptra app with more features, better sharing integration, and supporting more phones and devices!
Instructions: Press the on-screen camera button to save an image. View saved images in your device's gallery app.
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Dioptra⢠Lite provides the following information like a theodolite optical instrument -
⢠yaw indicator (compass)
⢠pitch indicator (tilt degrees)
⢠roll indicator (tilt degrees)
along with -
⢠GPS position
⢠azimuth and bearing to photo subject
The ancient greek "dioptra" was a classical astronomical and surveying instrument, dating from the 3rd century BCE. The dioptra was a sighting tube or, alternatively, a rod with a sight at both ends, attached to a stand. If fitted with protractors, it could be used to measure angles.
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