ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF GPS DIFFERENTIAL SURVEYING

Macrometer-type GPS receivers have proven their accuracy, reliability and efficiency in trigonometric methods as well as a number of specialized engineering tasks. This paper gives examples of the advantages of the wide range of using GPS (Global Positioning System) methods. Increased advantages offered by speed and GPS systems' accuracy compared to conventional measurements are the most important reasons for using macrometer instruments. The resultant speed and accuracy when long lines are measured by GPS rather than conventional traversing, which induces proportional errors throughout each log of the traverse, is one of the most significant improvements offered by GPS.

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• Authors:
  • Beckmann, A
  • Larisch, H-J
  • Schuster, O
  • Barwinski, K
• Publication Date: 1989-8

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 337-346
• Serial:
  • Journal of Surveying Engineering
  • Volume: 115
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9453
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jsued2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Data collection; Global Positioning System; Surveys
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488339
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM