A comparison of GPS performance in a southern hardwood forest: Exploring low-cost solutions for forestry applications

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Danskin, Scott D ^a   Bettinger, Pete ^b   Jordan, Thomas R ^b   Cieszewski, Chris ^b  

^a South Carolina Forestry Commission   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global positioning systems; Mapping grade GPS receivers; Recreation grade GPS receivers; Root mean squared error

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FORESTRY; MAPPING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; TIMBER;

CONSUMER-GRADE RECEIVERS; DIFFERENTIAL CORRECTION; FORESTRY APPLICATIONS; GPS RECEIVERS; HORIZONTAL POSITION ACCURACIES; POSITION DETERMINATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; ERRORS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MAPPING; POSITIONING;

EID: 69949096166     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/33.1.9     Document Type: Article

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