SparkFun RTK Surveyor What are the Basics?

GPS/GNSS Development Boards
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HI

I found SparkFun RTK Surveyor on the SparkFun website and I am completely confused as to what pieces of equipment are needed to form an effective syrveying setup. I want to map out my rural property. Do I need two sets of these suitcases to form a base station and a rover? or will one unit do the job?

thanks

Dazza000 :?

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Have you checked all these tutorials?

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/se … rtk-system

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/ho … ce-station

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Short answer:

You need the proper gps receiver, proper gps antenna and a correction source. That correction source could be a base station that’s nearby and accessible over the internet via cellular or it could be a second proper gps + antenna and a 2 way data radio with enough range that the the base and rover can communicate. There are gps units that can access correction data via satellite as well but are limited to certain geographic areas and require a fee to use.

Long answer:

Read ALL of sparkfuns gps rtk guides. The take a little while to read through but should answer any questions you may have and will give you the understanding needed to figure out what’s going on “under the hood” and give you a fighting chance to fix things if you run into trouble.

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Thanks guys,

I’m reading, I’m reading…