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Geoid model for your country to measure orthometric height

We’ve explained the different types of heights in the tutorial Ellipsoidal, Orthometric, and Geoid heights, and what they mean for your work. When taking measurements, you might find that the positional information appears accurate, but the height may not be correct. This error could arise from forgetting to input the height of your pole. Alternatively, […]

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How GPS can help you measure the real heading of your vehicle?

In the context of GNSS and GPS, we often encounter terms such as heading, course, track,  yaw etc. This can be confusing at times because they are frequently (incorrectly) used interchangeably in conversations. Heading By definition though, heading determines the direction in which a vehicle, a boat or a plane is facing.  In GPS receivers

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L1+L2 vs L1+L5: Which dual-band GNSS RTK receiver is better today?

Are you navigating the complex world of RTK receivers and wondering which option is the best for your needs? Delve deep into the technical aspects of dual band GNSS/RTK receivers, focusing on a comprehensive comparison between the L1L2 and L1L5 models. Is L1/L5 really cheaper then L1/L2? Does L1/L5 outperform L1/L2? Should you switch to

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Understanding ROS: How to Get Started with Robotics Operating System for Beginners

What is ROS? ROS (Robot Operating System) is a framework designed for building robotic systems. It is not an actual operating system in the traditional sense, but rather a meta-operating system that runs on top of a host operating system (such as Linux).  It provides a middleware layer that abstracts the hardware and offers a

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Introduction to coordinate reference systems a.k.a “I have an offset on all my RTK positions!”

It might have happened to you: your RTK receiver is in RTK FIXED, reporting centimeter precision and you are happily doing very accurate measurements. You go back to your desk and compare your results with the measurements from another day or from another person. And you get a big surprise: there is an offset! It’s

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GPS elevation height explained Ellipsoidal, Orthometric, Geoid

GPS elevation height explained: Ellipsoidal, Orthometric, Geoid

Table of contents Many customers get confused with the different heights (altitude) reported by their GNSS receiver.In this post we will show the concept of each one with plain words (we apologize to all surveyors and scientists that read this post). Ellipsoidal height: Planet earth shape is simplified as a rugby ball (ellipsoid).Ellipsoidal height is

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