I use a theodolite app on my cell phone. It is free. Just aim it up until you hit 45 degrees. Move forward or back until the thing you are measuring is in the cross hairs. Then measure from your feet to the pole or line, add the distance from the ground to your eye.
Or if you are a glutton for punishment, just pick any position, measure the angle and do the trig. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Telephone pole field survey laser tool During field surveys I was measuring the height of pole attachments with a telescoping measuring stick. I bumped into a power company guy who showed me his tool that was shaped like a gun with an LCD display and keypad on top. It was basically a laser range finder, but it also took photos and stored the measurements.....I feel like it stored coordinates from GPS as well. Does anybody use these things and have a recommended brand I should look at? Is it terribly spendy.
