Assessment of low-cost GPS receiver accuracy and precision in forest environments

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 159-167

  Rodríguez, José R ^a   Álvarez, M Flor ^a   Sanz Ablanedo, Enoc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessments; Forests; Global positioning; Surveys

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FORESTRY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SURVEYS;

POSITION ASSESSMENT;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; GPS; PRECISION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

DATA PROCESSING; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; SIGNALS; SURVEYS;

EID: 35448973625     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9453(2007)133:4(159)     Document Type: Article

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