Journal of Surveying Engineering
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EISSN:943-5428|ISSN:0733-9453|Disc:The Journal of Surveying Engineering covers the broad spectrum of surveying and mapping activities encountered in modern practice. It includes traditional areas such as construction surveys, control surveys, photogrammetric mapping, engineering layout, deformation measurements, precise alignment, and boundary surveying. It also includes newer development such as satellite positioning; spatial database design, quality assurance, and information management of geographic information systems; computer applications involving modeling, data structures, algorithms, and information processing; digital mapping, coordinate systems, cartographic representations, and the role of surveying engineering professionals in an information society|Priority:4|Publisher:American Society of Civil Engineers|
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Artificial Neural Network–Based Modeling and Prediction of GNSS Ionospheric Errors in Egypt
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)One of the major error sources in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) positioning is the signal propagation in the ionospheric layer. For low-accuracy real-time applications, the basic ionospheric models can be used ... -
Evaluation of a Terrestrial Laser Scanner According to the ISO 17123-9 Standard
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Currently, the use of terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) for point cloud recording is widespread in the fields of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), with dimensional tolerance requirements ranging from a few ... -
GPS/Galileo/LEO Uncombined and Ionosphere-Free Combined Precise Relative Positioning and Its Performance Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The advantages of low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites, such as their high signal strength and rapid geometric changes, provide important opportunities for fast, accurate, and robust precise relative positioning (PRP), especially ... -
Virtual Field Astronomy for Surveyors with Python: Real and Simulated Experiments Using Free Open-Source Planetarium Software
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This work used open-source planetarium software and astronomy packages to simulate observations of celestial bodies and calculate astronomical positions. The implementation was based on Python and the Skyfield library, ... -
Techniques for Least-Squares Fitting of Curves and Surfaces to a Large Set of Points
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Three techniques for dealing with adjustment problems characterized by a huge set of measurements, e.g., on the order of millions, and a relatively small number of parameters are described. The general least-squares ... -
Reliable Atmospheric Correction Generation Method for Out-of-Network PPP-RTK Users
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Precise point positioning–real-time kinematic (PPP-RTK) technology can achieve accurate regional positioning with precise atmospheric corrections. However, traditional PPP-RTK algorithm research has focused on users in a ... -
GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry as an Operational Framework for Real-Time Tide Estimation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study focuses on the advancements in global navigation satellite system interferometric reflectometry (GNSS-IR) for operational and near-real-time tide estimation at Quarters Point in Washington, United States. By ... -
Design of Geodetic Monitoring Networks by Minimal Detectable Displacement Evaluation under Confidence and Sensitivity Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study investigated the differences between minimal detectable displacement (MDD) values derived from confidence and sensitivity analysis, focusing on the a priori analysis of geodetic monitoring networks using a unified ... -
Assessing the Impact of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, Earthquakes on the CORS Network in Israel
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of two significant earthquakes, measuring 7.8 Mw and 7.6 Mw, that occurred on February 6, 2023, in Turkey, on the Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) ... -
Temporal Sound Speed Error Correction Model for Underwater Acoustic Positioning Based on In Situ Measurements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The error source related to sound speed variations in the ocean is the critical factor to limit the underwater ultra-short baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning system. Conventional positioning methods generally employ the ... -
Comparison between a Two-Wavelength Absolute Distance Meter and a GNSS-Based Distance Meter at CERN Geodetic Network
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Absolute distance determination, which is the determination of distances consistent with the International System of Units (SI) definition of meter, is a current challenge for distances of several kilometers in the open ... -
Optimal Cycle-Slip Detection Algorithm for GPS/GNSS Preprocessing Using Three Linear Combinations of Moderate-to-Low-Noise Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Cycle slips are discontinuity events in a receiver’s phase lock on a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal. If cycle-slip events are not detected and repaired, the quality of positioning using carrier phase ... -
A GNSS Multibaseline Single-Epoch Millimeter-Level Positioning Method for Construction Survey of Superhigh-Rise Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)When global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) are applied to construction survey of superhigh-rise buildings, satellite signal obstruction and multipath effects reduce the number of usable observations and make it difficult ... -
Bernoulli–Gaussian Model with Model Parameter Estimation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)First, this paper introduces a statistical model of gross errors, namely the Bernoulli–Gaussian (BG) model, which characterizes the gross error as a product of a Bernoulli variable and a Gaussian variable. The BG model ... -
Internal Reliability of Planar Coordinate Transformations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Coordinate transformations are essential in geodesy, surveying engineering, and many other disciplines working with coordinate systems. The task is to estimate transformation parameters from given coordinates of control ... -
Taiwan Online Precise Point Positioning Service: Methodology and Test Results
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Online precise point positioning (PPP) computation services can bring substantial benefits to surveying engineering and its applications. This study introduces Taiwan’s first online PPP service, named Taiwan Online Precise ... -
Comparison of Posterior Precision Estimation Methods of Weighted Total Least-Squares Solution for Errors-in-Variables Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This paper summarizes the majority of classic formulae of weighted total least-squares (WTLS) solutions for errors-in-variables (EIV) model and classified them into six categories. Next, the existing approximate posterior ... -
Virtual ADA Compliance Assessment: Mimicking Digital Inclinometers to Measure Slopes within Point Clouds
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that the design, construction, and maintenance of curb ramps provide accessibility to persons with disabilities. Light detection and ranging (lidar) can efficiently collect ... -
Determination of Ocean Tide Loading Displacements Using a Dense Continuous GPS/BDS Network
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) have been used to estimate ocean tide loading displacement (OTLD) with high accuracy; however, GPS has been problematic at K2 and K1 ... -
Solution for the Robust Estimation of Heterogeneous Data Fusion Based on Classification Estimation
(ASCE, 2024/08/01)Data fusion is an important issue as multi-source observation technology is widely used in geoscience. Although the problem of robust estimation exists widely in the data fusion, few solutions have been reported. This paper ...