With total station instruments, traverses can be run using azimuths. This process
permits reading azimuths of all lines directly and thus eliminates the need to calculate
them. In Figure 9.3, azimuths are observed clockwise from the north end of
the meridian through the angle points. The instrument is oriented at each setup
by sighting on the previous station with either the back azimuth on the circle (if
angles to the right are turned) or the azimuth (if deflection angles are turned), as
described in Section 8.11.Then the forward station is sighted.The resulting reading
on the horizontal circle will be the forward line’s azimuth.