The application relates to the technical field of
engineering surveying, in particular to a
prism rod inclination measuring method, which comprises the following steps: S1, fixing the bottom of a
prism rod at a point to be measured, tilting the
prism rod multiple times, and obtaining the coordinates of the observation points after each tilting; S2, constructing an original observation equation set and calculating an average equation according to the coordinates of the observation points obtained each time, taking the average equation as a reference, linearly
processing each original observation equation, and obtaining a linear observation equation set; S3, solving the initial coordinate
estimation value of the point to be measured based on the linear observation equation set through an equal-weight least square method; S4, calculating the deviation absolute values of the elevation values of the observation points and the initial elevation
estimation value of the point to be measured, and completing the
weight distribution of the coordinates of the observation points according to the deviation absolute values; and S5, solving the coordinates of the point to be measured through a weighted least square method, so that the measurement of the coordinates of the point to be measured is more reasonable and accurate.