Chapter 2

Geographical Positioning Methods

Outline:

• Concepts behind finding locations
• Descriptions of numerous methods
• Tape measure, autolevel, total station, GPS, echosounders, LiDAR, SfM
• Pros and conts of the different methods

Textbook reading:

• Chapter 5

Other reading:

• none.

Related web links:

• Autolevels
• • Ben Meadows- go here and do a search here for autolevels
• LiDAR vendors and data sources
• Quantum Spatial
• NSF's Open Topography website with publicly available LiDAR data
• Stucture from motion
• VisualSfM
• Agisoft Photoscan
• DroneMapper
• Science-grade GPS and total station manufacturers
  • Trimble
  • Leica Geosystems
  • Topcon Positioning
  • Spectra Precision

Video Podcast: Geographical Positioning Methods

This 56-minute presentation explains the technologies available for collecting topographic information useful for characterizing where you are in space as well as to produce maps.

• 640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (782 MB file)
• 1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (6.7 GB file)

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