Performance comparison of a low-cost mapping grade global positioning systems (GPS) receiver and consumer grade GPS receiver under dense forest canopy

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-14

  Wing, Michael G ^a   Eklund, Aaron ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Forestry; Measurements; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAPPING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONSUMER GRADE; LOW-COST MAPPING; WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (WAAS);

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA QUALITY; FORESTRY; GPS; MAPPING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ERRORS; FOREST CANOPY; MAPPING; POSITIONING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 33847352588     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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