GPS for Land Surveyors, Third Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0849391954 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Jan VanSickle, P.L.S. has more than 40 years of experience as a land surveyor. He is the author of GPS for Land Surveyors, Basic GIS Coordinates and 1001 Solved Surveying Fundamentals Problems. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Penn State University. He taught the Advanced Surveying Program at the Denve
What’s New to the Third Edition? Sections on Real-Time Network Services, Block IIF, and control segment modernization GPS code, such as the M-code, L1C, and L2C An entire chapter dedicated to GNSS Discussion of the Russian GLONASS system, the Chinese Beidou system, and the Japanese QZSS From fundamental theory to practical application and advanced technologies, the book covers GPS without pages of complicated math. GPS and GNSS are revolutionizing the practice of surveying and mapping. It demonstrates the basics of GPS technology, common hardware, surveying methods, survey design, planning, and observation. This user-friendly manual gives you the tools needed to understand and use these important technologies in everyday practice.. With GPS for Land Surveyors, Third Edition, a book written by a land surveyor, for land surveyors, you can stay in the know on the latest GPS techniques, technologies, codes, and signals. Both GPS and GNSS technologies are becoming ever more important in the everyday practice of survey and mappers. Additionally, each chapter includes helpful review questions and answers. Since the last edition of this international bestseller, GPS has grown to become part of a larger international context, the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
A good introduction, but not a hands on manual I have just completed reading the 3rd edition of this book.On the plus side, it offers a good introduction to the topic of GPS for land surveyors, and I believe this was the author's intent. Many of the diagrams are good and help to illustrate the concepts well.On the down side, there are several typos, and some editing in this respect would be an improvement. I noticed this especially with resp. "A concise and practical treatise on GPS without alot of math" according to Norman R. Brown. I found Mr. Van Sickle's book to be very concisely written yet full of practical "how tos". The flow from concept to concept is well though out. He shows his vast experience and knowledge of the subject on nearly every page. There are however, some large scriveners errors which are too large to be considered typographical errors (sometimes a whole sentence or paragraph is unrecognizable). In som. The GPS Primer - updated I found Mr. Van Sickle's 2nd edition book to be an expansion, correction and update of the 1st edition (previously reviewed). The book now has nine chapters and includes a new one on "real-time". Various corrections and updates have been placed into print which were greatly needed. The book "boils down" GPS into its basic components and explains difficult aspects in a more understandable fashion
He taught the Advanced Surveying Program at the Denver Institute of Technology and GPS seminars throughout the United States. About the AuthorJan VanSickle, P.L.S. has more than 40 years of experience as a land surveyor. The latter is quoted in the feature Surveying Solutions each month in POB magazine. He is the author of GPS for Land Surveyors, Basic GIS Coordinates and 1001 Solved Surveying Fundamentals Problems. He is a licensed surveyor in California, Colorado, Oregon and North Dakota.. He was privileged to supervise surveys with the first commercially available GPS receivers in the early 1980s and has worked with GPS since. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Penn State University. He received his MEng from the University of Colorado in 200