ABSTRACT
GPS works differently from the techniques based on optical-electrical instrumentation that surveyors have used for decades. Chapters 11 and 12 have dealt at length with the GPS techniques available to the surveyor/mapper, with particular emphasis given to issues that infl uence the quality of outcomes. Hence, in addition to discussing the characteristics and limitations of the various GPS techniques, the authors have also dealt with such topics as GPS standards and specifi cations, and best practice guidelines for planning and executing successful GPS surveys. In this chapter, the lessons of earlier chapters are applied to some typical GPS surveys. Although the examples are drawn from the United States, many of the principles have general relevance to the practice in other countries.
