An examination of five identical mapping-grade global positioning system receivers in two forest settings

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Wing, Michael G ^a   Frank, Jereme ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Canopy; GPS

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAPPING; MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

ACCURACY; CANOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; POSITIONAL ACCURACY; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; SATELLITE SIGNALS;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 79959759092     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/26.3.119     Document Type: Article

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