Practical Aspects of Kinematic Surveying

Ralph Eschenbach, Timo Allison, Ken Mooyman, Tad Poplawski, Cheryl Quirion

Abstract:	Over the past two years, several authors have described, and in some cases demonstrated, the ability to perform kinematic surveys. In particular, this rapid baseline measurement technique has been applied to· surveying applications where the user is required to stop at each point and record data for a few minutes. To begin a kinematic survey, a 30 minute initialization, antenna swap, or a known baseline is required to determine the integer wavelength biases. In the past, it has been difficult to retrieve the baseline determinations from a kinematic survey since only a handful of research-oriented reduction software packages have been available. This paper will discuss the practical aspects of kinematic surveying. In particular, software will be described which has been automated for ease of use. This paper will also discuss an automated approach to minimize and correct cycle slips in the data. Some of the field considerations for kinematic surveying will be reviewed: ways to use multiple receivers: the concept of 'linked" data sets: and typical receiver configurations. Lastly, data will be presented from recent kinem
Published in:	Proceedings of the International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1988) September 19 - 23, 1988 The Broadmoor Hotel Colorado Spring, CO
Pages:	123 - 128
Cite this article:	Eschenbach, Ralph, Allison, Timo, Mooyman, Ken, Poplawski, Tad, Quirion, Cheryl, "Practical Aspects of Kinematic Surveying," Proceedings of the International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1988), Colorado Spring, CO, September 1988, pp. 123-128.
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