Talk:Inclinometer

An inclinometer or clinometer essentially mean the same thing: that being an instrument to measure tilt angle in reference to gravity. However, each term does have specific meanings to specific industries. For example: a clinometer is a common term in the Forestry and Sailing industries, sometimes using specific technologies more common in those fields. An inclinometer is typically an electronic sensor device that provides an output signal that can be translated by a data logger or microprocessor into a degree of angle.

It seems that having both listed simply expands the explanation of these types of devices, keeping to the philosophy of providing an extensive knowledge data base, for which Wikipedia has become known.


 * Agree - Inclinometer and Clinometer - I was surprised to find two separate articles. If there are slight differences in the use of the terms in different industries, these can easily be accommodated in a section of the article. --Michael Daly 21:20, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Slightly disagree - Tilt sensor - clinometer measures the angle, a tilt sensor need not. For example, a mercury switch can be used as a tilt sensor but is clearly not a clinometer - there is no obvious way to use it to measure an angle.  From reading the article on tilt sensor, it looks like some are using the term ambiguously - some are tilt sensing without angle measurement and others are angle measuring transducers.  --Michael Daly 21:32, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Strong support - a scale ruler is still a ruler despite being for a different function. Inclinometer and Clinometer are the same variation of tool. After 5 years this merge appears to have been forgotten. Thanks ツ Je no va  20  (email) 16:39, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Merge with Liquid capacitive inclinometers
Much information is repeated.

Travürsa (talk) 23:58, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Removed the redundant descriptions there - looks like it might even have been a copy of an earlier version of this article. --Wtshymanski (talk) 17:02, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Usages section
Propose to rename this section to "Uses". "Usage" is an adjective not a noun, and in my opinion a bad one at that (what's wrong with "Use"?)

The subsection on "Survey methods" I think entirely unnecessary: it is pretty much covered in the list above it, and I see no reason to say either "Inclinometers are used for the measurement of angles with reference to gravity" (not only for surveying), or "Using Range of Motion instruments such as Titronics R&D's." which again is already covered, is not a survey method, and should not pick out a particular company. This leaves only the USDA Forestry Service's program which is a redlink. The general fact it can be used to measure tree heights is covered above it. So I suggest this entire subsection is cut. SimonTrew (talk) 12:00, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Merger proposal
As discussed earlier, an inclinometer and clinometer are different names for the same tool. While uses for this device may vary, it still performs the same basic function, i.e., measuring elevation of an angle. The use of this tool in forestry in no significant way departs from this. — chro • man • cer 14:59, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Is this a tough one?
A clinometer and an inclinometer are one and the same tool, though different groups favor different names. Therefore, the pages about the tool should be one and the same page, which discusses how different groups favor different names. Duplicate information should always be combined, with links as needed to provide multiple access paths. Ornithikos (talk) 15:20, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

please don't merge
Would it be useful to distinguish measurement of 'tilt' a dynamic concept related to stability of objects (like aeroplanes, 4WDs and machinery) from static measurement of 'slope' (like ground slope in surveying, or slope required to estimate height of trees, or the dip of geological beds)? I have taught both surveying and geology for 30 years, and the textbooks refer to clinometers, not inclinometers as devices for measuring slope angles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Papamaria (talk • contribs) 15:27, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It's the same variation of a tool and was merged just now. The article doesn't contain much and can easily accommodate the descriptions of both. Thanks ツ Je no va  20  (email) 16:15, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Digital inclinometer
After reading the section on it, I was expecting to find something like 'You can buy one at the amazing price of $99999.92MUCH! Simply call 1800 SPEND MONEY and get one today!" 180.200.186.145 (talk) 04:06, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Tagged section with advert. Fgnievinski (talk) 05:49, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

December 2016 merge proposal
Tiltmeter seems to be nicely refined as discussing the geophysics instrument as a particular subset of inclinometer, but tilt sensor has very little content aside from a list of video games, and might usefully be merged here. (And if you're as confused by the merge history as I am, clinometer got merged to inclinometer almost 10 years ago ...the above discussion is stale.) --Wtshymanski (talk) 17:10, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Agreed and ✅ Klbrain (talk) 23:20, 29 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Oppose Yet again these stale and ignored merge proposals are being used as excuses for merges. Lack of opposition is not the same thing as support for it.
 * Tilt sensors (in their practical use) are significantly different from inclinometers: the term "tilt sensor" is used for a dynamic measurement, often as a qualitative user interface control, whereas inclinometers are quantitative, calibrated and rely on some stability. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:25, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

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History
More history!! Elen.miller1234 (talk) 00:37, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

“Topos”
Does anyone know what this is referring to in the opening paragraph? It’s not mentioned again in this article and I can’t find a dictionary (or Wikipedia) entry that makes sense. Insofarasto (talk) 10:38, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Link to German WP:
The instruments described here are closer to the German "Messknecht" article than to "Neigungssensor", which is about electronic devices. Wegesrand (talk) 17:06, 17 January 2024 (UTC)