Kinematic land survey demonstration international GPS workshop — Darmstadt, West Germany April 10–14, 1988

Abstract

With the addition of ten-channel kinematic tracking, the 4000 series offers a complete range of capabilities for most all land surveying. Demonstration of kinematic land surveying shows how rapidly points can be surveyed to centimeter accuracy when tracking conditions are good and five or more satellites are in view.

Automatic data logging of start and stop times as well as antenna heights will be added to the next release of 4000 series software this summer. The post-processing will require more operator interaction than static long observations. Further improvements can be made in TRIMVEC^tm to provide easier identification of cycle slips that will occur as satellites rise and set during the observation window. As Block II satellites are launched, kinematic land surveying will become a very practical and surveying technique.