Journal of Surveying Engineering: Recent submissions
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Hidden Point Bar Method for High-Precision Industrial Surveys
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Precise three-dimensional positioning by the hidden point bar method is investigated. The investigation includes development of both closed form and least squares solutions, as well as calibration of the hidden point bar. ... -
GPS Precise Point Positioning Software for Ground Control Point Establishment in Remote Sensing Applications
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)In practice, the coordinates necessary in geometric rectification are usually derived from medium scale maps such as -
Review of GPS Satellite Surveying, third edition by Alfred Leick
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Robust Estimation of Variance Components with Application in Global Positioning System Network Adjustment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)A robust strategy for controlling the influence of outliers on model parameters and variance components is proposed based on the principle of robust M estimation. The robust estimators for parameters and variance components ... -
Fixation by Hidden Points Bar from One Theodolite
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Position fixing by hidden points bar from one theodolite is an Industrial Surveying practice used as a last resort in difficult environments of measurements. Determination of the coordinates of inaccessible points sought ... -
Noniterative Method of Solving the GPS Double-Differenced Pseudorange Equations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)The global positioning system (GPS) is a constellation of 24 navigation satellites developed and deployed by the U.S. Department of Defense to provide worldwide real-time positioning capability to its numerous users around ... -
Discussion of “Effects of Errors in Coordinates on Transformation Parameters” by Hakan S. Kutoglu, Cetin Mekik, and Hakan Akcin
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Accuracy of Point Layout with Polar Coordinates
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Layout is one of the most important missions of the surveying engineer, which aims to carry out the designed horizontal and vertical geometries of an engineering structure by satisfying the required accuracies. It is ... -
Environmental and Socioeconomic Information System for Water Resource Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)This work presents a tool for supporting the management and monitoring of water resources. This tool is a geographical information system, modeled and structured to be applied in watersheds, facilitating diagnosis and ... -
Quality Control in Digital Terrain Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)This article is based on digital terrain models (DTMs) and their applications in civil engineering carried out at the Public University of Navarre. One of the drawbacks of the use of these synthetic surfaces is the need ... -
Computer Program for the Inverse Transformation of the Winkel Projection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)The map projection problem involves transforming the graticule of meridians and parallels of a sphere onto a plane using a specified mathematical method according to certain conditions. Map projection transformations are ... -
Error Models and Propagation in Directly Georeferenced Terrestrial Laser Scanner Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Cultural heritage recording and engineering surveying are prime applications for terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) because of the high spatial resolution, high accuracy, and fast data capture rates this technology offers. ... -
Real-Time Determination of Orthometric Heights Accurate to the Centimeter Level Using a Single GPS Receiver: Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)Real-time determination of orthometric heights at cm level accuracy can be achieved in Dubai, U.A.E., using a single geodetic-grade global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver. This process requires that the rover receiver ... -
Crustal Deformation Analysis in the Marmara Sea Region
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)A global positioning system (GPS) geodetic network has been established at the western end of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ) in the Marmara Sea Region (Turkey) with a density of 47 points to determine the velocity ... -
New Local Transformation Method: Non-Sibsonian Transformation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Coordinate transformations refer to mathematical processing that enables overlay of digital maps that use different coordinate reference systems, that is, map projections. The transformation from geographical to map (plane) ... -
Comparison of Maximum Distance Metrics for Use in the Remote Sensing of Small Targets
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)There are many applications for small target detection in engineering: topographic mapping, infrastructure inventories, and pre-engineering design. Near shore marine applications include: mapping breakwaters, piers, ... -
Robust-Biased Estimation Based On Quasi-Accurate Detection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)In order to combat the influences of both outlier and multicollinearity on geodetic adjustments, a new robust-biased estimation method is proposed by combining outlier identification with biased estimation. The estimation ... -
Validation of Vincenty’s Formulas for the Geodesic Using a New Fourth-Order Extension of Kivioja’s Formula
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Vincenty’s (1975) formulas for the direct and inverse geodetic problems (i.e., in relation to the geodesic) have been verified by comparing them with a new formula developed by adapting a fourth-order Runge-Kutta scheme ... -
Surveying Vistas from Turkey in the New Millennium
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)While entering the twenty-first century, the need to adapt to the technological and social developments requires an openness to the reforms in geodesy and related disciplines in developing countries such as Turkey. Geodesy ... -
Landslide Monitoring Based On Geodetically Derived Distance Changes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Analysis of an exceptionally long and homogeneous geodetic monitoring record of a deep-seated, slow