Sports Field Simulation and Plotting - Use of The Innovative Tool Total Station

The main objective of this study was to examine the use of a new and innovative tool called electromagnetic total station in marking some sports fields and comparing it with the manual markings with time as measuring factor. For the study, the samples taken were 5 different sports fields and a total station consisting of a theodolite with a built-in distance meter to measure angles and distances at the same time were used. Initially the five fields were marked using manual method of measuring tape (M) and the time spent in marking each court was noted down. Later, the Total Station (TS) was used in the same field to mark the above 5 mentioned courts and the time was noted. Further, the third method used to measure was a combination of total station and measuring tape(C). The data obtained was analyzed using SPSS version 21 and ANOVA was computed through LSD method. The results indicated that there exists a significant difference in using M method and C method of plotting (p = 0.02) at