Sokkia Planix 5

The Sokkia Planix 5 is a very precise instrument designed for the quick and accurate determination of areas on blueprints, maps, photographs, and drawings. Simply trace the outline of the area with the tracer, and the revolution of the measuring wheel in either direction is sensed by the electro shaft-encoder, which generates pulses to be processed by the built-in processor.

Cordless operation – powered by a rechargeable Ni-Cad battery!
Direct digital readout of traced area in the unit you select – cm², m², km², in², ft², or acres. No table references, no calculations.
Accumulative measurement of different areas.
Push-button averaging of several measurements of the same area.
"Hold" function freezes the readout to prevent accidental loss of results.
Measures drawings when the vertical scale differs from the horizontal scale.
Zero setting by push-button. Automatic area computation by selected scale factors. The scale factor is stored when the switch is turned off.
Metric or English scale convertible; can be displayed in terms of cm², m², km², in², ft², or acres. When a certain area cannot be covered by cm² display due to overflow, the display unit shifts automatically to m², and then to km². Likewise, the shift is made from in² to ft², and then to acres.
The same area measured several times may be averaged by a single push-button.
The measured figure on the display is frozen by a "hold" button to prevent an inadvertent loss of the result. When the previous measurement frozen on the display by the "hold" button is released, accumulative measurements are made on top of it.

Carrying case included.