GPS and property surveying

Drummond, J. (2015) GPS and property surveying. In: Monmonier, M. (ed.) Cartography in the Twentieth Century. Series: History of cartography (6). University of Chicago Press: Chicago, USA. ISBN 9780226534695

Abstract

In 2010 the Global Positioning System (GPS) developed by the United States military was the best known Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Others included Russia’s GLONASS, China’s COMPASS and Europe’s GALILEO systems. Although military satellite navigation systems can be traced back to the 1960s, their civilian uses emerged in the 1980s, initially limited to navigation positioning, not property surveying. Property surveying methods have varied both between and within nations. However, GPS surveying with some supporting legislation, had, by the early years of the 21st century, sufficiently developed to meet the needs of the property sector. This chapter looks at this development, and its implications with respect to cadastral surveying.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Keywords: GPS, GNSS, Cadastral surveying, preoperty mapping, coordinate accuracy
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Drummond, Dr Jane
• Authors: Drummond, J.
• Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GA Mathematical geography. Cartography
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences > Geography
• Research Group: ESRG
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• ISBN: 9780226534695
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2015 University of Chicago Press
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced with the permission of the publisher

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