Mapco is currently offering GPS/GIS data collection training at your specified location. The goal of this training is to provide people with practical, hands-on experience in the use of Trimble GPS instruments and or Lasercraft Laser mapping systems. By training’s end, the student will be able to plan a survey, collect data per specification, perform quality control analysis, and export the information to GIS, CAD, or other information systems.
Standard topics covered include:
- Geodetic Concepts (Datums, Ellipsoids, The Geoid, Projections, Units, Azimuth)
- Accuracy and Precision issues
- What the Global Positioning System is
- How GPS works
- What the GPS limitations and capabilities are
- Post processed and Real Time differential correction concepts
- Accuracies possible in various field conditions using different techniques
- Critical parameters to achieve desired accuracy
- Instrument overview and setup
- Mission Planning issues
- Data Dictionary design and use
- Field setup and data collection (Point, Line, Area, Base Station, & Attribute collection)
- Navigation (Layout)
- Accuracy verification using existing control
- Data processing
- Quality Control
- Data export and import
- Baseline processing
- Least squares adjustment
Additional Topics
- Using Autocad to make maps
- Laser Rangefinder Mapping
- Real-Time Navigation/Layout
- High Accuracy Control Surveying
- High Accuracy GIS collection
- GIS Data Updating