Point me, please, to some resources for real, practical application for network RTK, as I'm having trouble finding them- at least to my satisfaction. Is there a dearth of this information, or is it just me? I'm talking meat and potatoes stuff- establishment of control, "traverse", and maybe a cursory look at theory. I feel like I have a pretty good grasp of it, but am a little dismayed at what strikes me as either/both a lack of standardized procedural information or proprietary lingo from various manufacturers.
This comes on the heels of establishing control for a couple of medium sized projects recently, where I 1. Did 5 minute network observations on set points, 2. Ran 30 minute post processed observations on each point, and 3. ran traverse and levels through them for absolute dead sure. (Btw- the deltas across all 3 procedures- on raw, pre LS adjustment- never amounted to more than .05 x/y or .08 z).
But as I sit here this morning on my second cup of coffee, about to go rassle up breakfast for the kids, it seems like the last half hour of googling has yielded little in the way of resources for standardized, practical procedure. And while I understand we don't wanna give away all our secrets, it seems like the industry is falling a little short here- that, or I'm just woefully naive on where to find this.
NGS Single Base RTK Guidelines.
Oregon DOT just released this document. I have some issue with a couple of statements made, but generally it has some good stuff.
[msg=277356]This thread[/msg] has a some great comments and a few links.
Norman points out an excellent one that the NGS wrote. I refer to it from time to time.
You can look at this. It was adopted in Connecticut.
The term 'A-2' is our industry standard for most surveys here in CT.
Do a search for "GNSS Geodetic Control Network Standards and Specifications" and you will get a power point presentation of the newest California guidelines that is due to be adopted soon. I would attach a copy of it here for you but I can't do attachments here.
The links the others have posted are great.
If you want even more information this a great book "GPS For Land Survey"