Digital geodesic equipment as the prerequisite for geographic information system methods archaeological investigation

In the article peculiarities of modern digital equipment application in archeological investigation a considered. The article briefly summarized the main direction in different-levels archaeological GIS systems application, the features of the GPS-receiver and tacheometer have been considered for archeological objects field fixation. The author stated advantages and disadvantages of using of these equipments in different environment conditions. The author is being an example application landscape large-scale tacheometric survey and create digital elevation model - stage of GIS investigation a given.