Mõõteratas võimaldab mõõta kaugust piki maa pinda, samas kui tavalisel maamõõtmisel mõõdetakse punktide vahelisi kaugusi tavaliselt horisontaalselt kõrguste erinevuste mõõdiste kaudu, ja seega on tavapärased kauguse mõõdised väiksemad kui mõõterattaga saadud mõõdised.
The surveyor's wheel measures the distance along a surface, whereas in normal land surveying, distances between points are usually measured horizontally with vertical measurements indicated in differences in elevation, and thus conventionally surveyed distances will be less than those measured by a surveyor's wheel.
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