EXPANDED GEODETIC CONTROL ALONG THE PRIMARY ROAD SYSTEM BY USE OF SATELLITE SURVEYING TECHNOLOGY. FINAL REPORT

This is the final project report of the joint efforts by the Florida Department of Transportation and the Surveying and Mapping Division at the University of Florida to expand geodetic control using satellite surveying and aerotriangulation technology. The project was initiated to gain experience with these surveying techniques and to exemplify the benefits that may be expected. Adjusted coordinates, distances, and accuracies for these measurements are documented for four Global Positioning System (GPS) surveys that applied the Wild-Magnovox WM101, ISTAC 2002, and Trimble 4000SX satellite-signal receivers. Three surveys were performed in Alachua county each using a different receiver type, and the fourth survey was conducted in Jacksonville with the Trimble receivers. Adjustments of the Jacksonville network were the most precise and provided first order accuracy. Aerotriangulation techniques using an analytical stereoplotter are described in the second part of the report. In addition, results for a strip adjustment and three 10-photo bundle adjustments are presented to exemplify the technique. Bundle adjustment appears to be substantially more accurate than strip adjustment. However, the adjustments should follow standard procedures and the results can be no more accurate than the applied control.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Florida, Gainesville

  Department of Civil Engineering, P.O. Box 116580
  Gainesville, FL  United States  32611-6580

  Florida Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 1029
  Gainesville, FL  United States  32602

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hintz, R J
  • Shrestha, R L
  • Stanislawski, L V
• Publication Date: 1988-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 168 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Adjustment factors; Artificial satellites; Data plotters; Equipment maintenance; Geodetic surveying; Global Positioning System; Radio receivers; Triangulation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aerial triangulation; Equipment adjustment
• Old TRIS Terms: Receivers, instrumentation; Stereoscopic plotters
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476847
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FL/DOT/BMR-332, UF 4910450420212
• Contract Numbers: Study No. 86-33
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM