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The Global Positioning System A Shared National Asset (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... Practitioners are developing numerous new applications in surveying, such as the use of GPS in a kinematic mode to determine the elevation of terrain prior to grading it for a storm water basin.34 Traditional land surveying is increasingly being accomplished using GPS because of a continuous reduction in receiver costs, combined with an increase in user friendliness. This 34 "Kinematic" GPS surveying is accomplished using a reference receiver and one or more moving remote receivers.
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... and contain a combination of sensors. These sensors include vision or imaging systems, laser ranging and profiling systems, ground penetrating radars, and other navigation sensors such as inertial navigation units.
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  • gps receivers
  • accuracy requirements
  • using gps
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  • positioning technologies
  • accuracy improvements
  • accomplished using
  • remote receivers
  • inertial navigation

  • gps receiver
  • gps satellite
  • gps provides
  • navigation sensors
  • navigation units

  • navigation unit


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