GPS for Land Surveyors

by Jan Van Sickle

Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0849391954

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Book Description

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). Both GPS and GNSS technologies are becoming ever more important in the everyday practice of survey and mappers. 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.

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. It demonstrates the basics of GPS technology, common hardware, surveying methods, survey design, planning, and observation. Additionally, each chapter includes helpful review questions and answers. GPS and GNSS are revolutionizing the practice of surveying and mapping. This user-friendly manual gives you the tools needed to understand and use these important technologies in everyday practice.

About the Author

Jan Van Sickle, P.L.S. has more than 40 years of experience as a land surveyor. He was privileged to supervise surveys with the first commercially available GPS receivers in the early 1980s and has worked with GPS since. He received his MEng from the University of Colorado in 2006. He is the author of GPS for Land Surveyors, Basic GIS Coordinates and 1001 Solved Surveying Fundamentals Problems. The latter is quoted in the feature Surveying Solutions each month in POB magazine. He taught the Advanced Surveying Program at the Denver Institute of Technology and GPS seminars throughout the United States. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Penn State University. He is a licensed surveyor in California, Colorado, Oregon and North Dakota.

Customer Reviews

As the owner of Flatirons Surveying and Engineering, based in Boulder, Colorado, this is required reading for my 54 employees. I firmly believe that anyone entering the profession of surveying must read this book. I have known Jan Van Sickle since the mid-1970's, and his knowledge of GPS and his approach to teaching it is unmatched. It presents facts that cannot be learned from being an apprentice or merely working in this industry. It is logical, coherent, very readable, and actually fun to read. I always keep several spare copies on hand to share. I am also the Editor of the Colorado magazine for professional land surveyors, Side Shots, to which Jan has contributed many articles over the years, all to good reviews. I would highly recommend this book for surveyors looking for a solid introduction to the principles of GPS.

Jan, is a very talented individual. From his acting, to his recitals of Shakespeare, this book is a testament to his ability to distill the essence of a deeply scientific subject and reduce it to bite-size chunks of information, suitable for those lesser mortals.

Apart from being an all-round good bloke, Jan has done an excellent job and I would highly recommend it to all readers wanting a deeper understanding of this technology, without their eyes glazing over with complex formulae and math. Well done Jan.

The book is excellent. It could be very helpful for people involved in environmental and engineering issues and has to solve or deal with problems in which GPS equipment can make things easier. The chapter about Coordinates is dealt in a clear way and can be understood by anyone with basic knowledge on earth sciences.