Why Multi-Constellation GNSS Blows Your Old GPS Out of the Water

Why Multi-Constellation GNSS Blows Your Old GPS Out of the Water

Friday, June 23, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This Zoom Video Webinar will be recorded

Did you know on June 5, 2023, at noon EDT there were 34 GNSS satellites above Boston with an elevation mask of 10 degrees? Did you know at that same time another constellation provided more satellites than GPS? Most of these satellites have more than two frequencies, and in most cases the third frequency is “more powerful” enabling better data under obstructions. But one needs to be very proactive in using modern firmware, software, and base stations, or else one will not be taking advantage of the modern GNSS constellation. Improvements in RTN VRS and Max solutions need to also be discussed and how this affects the modernization of GNSS base stations. The possible integration of IMU into GNSS real time solutions will also be presented. Finally, the inevitable transition in the future from differential GNSS to precise point positioning GNSS will be predicted. The webinar is intended to be very nonmathematical and very question and answer based.

Speaker:
Raymond J. Hintz, PLS, PhD, Professor, University of Maine
Raymond J. Hintz is a professor of surveying engineering technology at the University of Maine, program coordinator for the B.S. program in surveying engineering technology and graduate coordinator for the Professional Science Masters in Engineering and Business surveying engineering concentration. His research interests lie in automation of data collection and processing of surveying and photogrammetric information. Dr. Hintz has published more than 50 articles in journal and conference proceedings related to surveying, and is a registered land surveyor in the states of Maine and Florida. He is active in promoting UAS technology, with a portion of two Photogrammetry courses he teaches dedicated to surveying and mapping using UAV technology. He also conducted nine one-day seminars to various organizations on UAV’s in the last two years. In addition to his academic experience, Dr. Hintz is recognized for his role in developing several software packages including the Cadastral Electronic Field Book (CEFB), Cadastral Measurement Management (CMM) and Geographic Measurement Management (GMM). The CEFB enables automatic entry of measurement and automated field note information into CMM, a computation tool for survey and analysis of cadastral surveys. GMM was adopted as the approved tool for development of the Bureau of Land Management’s Geographic Coordinate Data Base. 

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