Combined analysis of real-time kinematic GPS equipment and its users for height determination

Ellipsoidal and Australian Height Datum heights have been determined for a 60-point control network from five base-stations by three separate users using three different makes of real-time kinematic (RTK) Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment. This was to determine whether these RTK GPS surveys...

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Main Authors: Featherstone, Will, Stewart, Michael
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Society of Civil Engineers 2001
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35057
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description Ellipsoidal and Australian Height Datum heights have been determined for a 60-point control network from five base-stations by three separate users using three different makes of real-time kinematic (RTK) Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment. This was to determine whether these RTK GPS surveys (ie equipment and users combined) can meet vertical accuracy specifications for contract work with Main Roads Western Australia. A comparison of the differences between the RTK GPS ellipsoidal heights and the control indicates 51mm (95% confidence) accuracy, accounting for errors in the control network. Likewise, the difference between the RTK GPS-derived Australian Height Datum heights and the control indicates 53mm (95% confidence) accuracy. However, there was an increasing number of failed RTK GPS position solutions with increasing baseline length, which had to be omitted from the above statistics.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-350572017-09-13T16:07:33Z Combined analysis of real-time kinematic GPS equipment and its users for height determination Featherstone, Will Stewart, Michael Height Australia Real-time Kinematic (RTK) Global Positioning System (GPS) Ellipsoidal and Australian Height Datum heights have been determined for a 60-point control network from five base-stations by three separate users using three different makes of real-time kinematic (RTK) Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment. This was to determine whether these RTK GPS surveys (ie equipment and users combined) can meet vertical accuracy specifications for contract work with Main Roads Western Australia. A comparison of the differences between the RTK GPS ellipsoidal heights and the control indicates 51mm (95% confidence) accuracy, accounting for errors in the control network. Likewise, the difference between the RTK GPS-derived Australian Height Datum heights and the control indicates 53mm (95% confidence) accuracy. However, there was an increasing number of failed RTK GPS position solutions with increasing baseline length, which had to be omitted from the above statistics. 2001 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35057 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9453(2001)127:2(31) American Society of Civil Engineers restricted
spellingShingle Height
Australia
Real-time Kinematic (RTK)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Featherstone, Will
Stewart, Michael
Combined analysis of real-time kinematic GPS equipment and its users for height determination
title Combined analysis of real-time kinematic GPS equipment and its users for height determination
title_full Combined analysis of real-time kinematic GPS equipment and its users for height determination
title_fullStr Combined analysis of real-time kinematic GPS equipment and its users for height determination
title_full_unstemmed Combined analysis of real-time kinematic GPS equipment and its users for height determination
title_short Combined analysis of real-time kinematic GPS equipment and its users for height determination
title_sort combined analysis of real-time kinematic gps equipment and its users for height determination
topic Height
Australia
Real-time Kinematic (RTK)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35057