Comparison of GPS units and mobile Apple GPS capabilities in an urban landscape

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Garnett, Ryan ^a,b   Stewart, Robert ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Garmin; GPS; iPhone; iTouch; relative accuracy

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FRUITS; MAPPING;

GARMIN; I-TOUCH; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; IPHONE; MAPPING PROJECTS; RELATIVE ACCURACY; URBAN LANDSCAPE; URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GIS; GPS; MAPPING; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84919430498     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2014.974074     Document Type: Article

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