The article deals with the requirements of regulatory documents as to tolerances for the overhead crane’s rail tracks position. The current federal standards and rules Safety Rules for Hazardous Industrial Facilities Using Lifting Structures do not provide for tolerances of the straight track, although excessive curvature of the rail can lead to the crane’s wheels and guides abrasion, and problems with its free movement. The author considers the features of the coordinate method at surveying an overhead crane way of 343 m long. The advantage of the chosen technique is that it simultaneously obtains data on the planned and elevated position of the rails and under-crane structures. The algorithm for processing the survey results in Microsoft Excel software is given. It is proposed to construct an approximating straight line based on the survey points, relative to which the straightness of the rail is controlled. Using this technology enables abandoning alignment measurements, and substitute geometric leveling for trigonometric one. With that method, it is possible to speed up the process of controlling the crane track’s geometry