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This document discusses GPS surveying and its applications. It begins with an introduction to surveying and GPS. GPS provides precise positioning, navigation, and timing without line of sight limitations. It has overcome limitations of conventional surveying methods. GPS surveying provides accurate 3D positioning with little effort or cost compared to traditional methods. It is widely used and has replaced conventional surveying due to its simplicity, versatility, and ability to work in all conditions. GPS surveying has applications in all stages of land surveying as well as other fields whenever position, navigation, or timing of objects is required.

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Lesson 1 - Introduction

This document discusses GPS surveying and its applications. It begins with an introduction to surveying and GPS. GPS provides precise positioning, navigation, and timing without line of sight limitations. It has overcome limitations of conventional surveying methods. GPS surveying provides accurate 3D positioning with little effort or cost compared to traditional methods. It is widely used and has replaced conventional surveying due to its simplicity, versatility, and ability to work in all conditions. GPS surveying has applications in all stages of land surveying as well as other fields whenever position, navigation, or timing of objects is required.

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INTRODUCTION

GPS SURVEYING and APPLICATIONS


DR. JAYANTA KUMAR GHOSH
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

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CONTENTS
• SURVEYING
• GPS
• GPS SURVEYING
• APPLICATIONS

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SURVEYING
• Science of measurement of the surface of the earth;
• Objective is to prepare a plan or map of the area;
• Involves measurements of different parameters to depict spatial
locations of points on or near the surface of the earth;
• Available well established methods and instruments to facilitate
land surveying works;
• Existing instruments as well as methods are fraught with
inherent limitations.
• Developments culminated to employment of a new and
revolutionary technology, the Global Positioning System (GPS).
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GPS
• Acronym of NAVSTAR (Navigational Satellite for Timing and
Ranging) GPS (Global Positioning System);
• A space-based all weather radio navigation system;
• Provides precise PNT (position, navigation and time) to unlimited
number of concurrent users all over the world continuously and
nearly instantaneously, 24 hours a day and 365 days in a year.
• Does not require a clear line of sight;
• Can carry out work in inclement/poor weather conditions;
• Even at nights - better signals are available at nights.
• Overcome Limitations in the conventional method of land surveying;
• Brought a paradigm shift in the instrumentation and methods for land
surveying.

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GPS Constellation

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GPS SURVEYING: INTRODUCTION
• Provides location in a three-dimensional global reference system;
• Provides accurate PNT with little effort, time and cost (in
comparison to conventional methods).
• Conducts accurate surveying even in real-time.
• Much more efficient, economic, flexible and less time consuming
in carrying out land surveying;
• Brought a paradigm shift in the instrumentation and methods for
land surveying;
• Provides significant gains in productivity over traditional
surveying methods.

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GPS SURVEYING: PREVALENCE
• Available wide variety of low cost GPS receivers and software;
• Modernized GPS system provides more and more civil signals,
powerful signals;
• Signals available inside buildings and underground thus more
pervading and greater useful;
• Simple and versatile in operation;
• Replacing the conventional land surveying methods and
instrumentations;
• Getting accepted very fast by the engineering surveyor
community.

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GPS SURVEYING APPLICATIONS
• can be utilized to any conceivable project under the sky where position, navigation and
time of any object or phenomena is involved;
• ALL stages (high order, Primary & Secondary CP, Mapping etc.) of land surveying;
• Photogrammetric control Surveys;
• Geophysical surveys;
• Geodetic applications;
• Crustal Motion Surveys;
• Construction & Stake out Surveys;
• Hydrographic surveys;

GPS surveying can be used in conceivable project under the sky which requires position,
navigation and time of any object or phenomena of any object or phenomena involved in a
project. In fact, the domain of application of GPS may vary with the imagination of the user.

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Further reading:
• A Text Book on GPS Surveying by Jayanta Kumar Ghosh,
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (An Amazon
Company), US [www.amazon.com/dp/1522952748].

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