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This lecture focuses on the fundamental problem of distance measurement in topometry. It covers a brief historical overview, electronic distance measurement methods, factors influencing distance measurement, types of distances, and optical measurement principles. The lecture also explains the stadimetric and parallactic methods used by surveyors in the past.