Advantages:
1. A field book is not required.
2. Errors of booking in field book avoided.
3. Errors of plotting can be readily checked.
4. Suitable in magnetic area.
5. Survey work with rapid speed.
6. Simple method and not special skills are required.
7. Plotted field and actual field can be compared on the site.
8. No office work of plotting.
9. Distance of inaccessible object can be determined.
Disadvantages:
1. Required many accessories and chances of loosing.
2. Equipment is heavy and cumbersome to carry.
3. Not suitable when accuracy is required.
4. Survey cannot be done in rainy season.
5. Difficult to re-plot as field notes are not available.