Performance of RTK positioning in forest conditions: Case study

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 125-130

  Bakuła, Mieczysław ^a   Oszczak, Stanisław ^a   Pelc Mieczkowska, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Geodetic surveys; Geographic information systems; Global positioning; Kinematics; Satellites

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS; SURVEYS;

FOREST CONDITIONS; GEODETIC SURVEYS; GLOBAL POSITIONING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS; GROSS ERRORS; REAL-TIME KINEMATIC; REFERENCE STATIONS; RTK CORRECTION; SATELLITE CONFIGURATION; WOODLAND AREAS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

GEODESY; GIS; GPS; KINEMATICS; POSITIONING; REAL TIME; WOODLAND;

EID: 68049089887     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9453(2009)135:3(125)     Document Type: Article

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