Usages
Clinometers are used for:
- indicating pitch and roll of vehicles, sail boats, and aircraft.
- Monitoring boom angle of cranes and material handlers.
- Measuring the "look angle" of a satellite antenna towards a satellite.
- Measuring the slope angle of a tape or chain during distance measurement.
- Estimating the height of a building, tree, or other feature using a vertical angle and a distance (determined by taping or pacing).
- Measuring the angle of drilling in well-logging applications.
- Measuring steepness of a ski slope.
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