Essential Improvement of the Surveying Program at OIT Using Real-Time Kinetic Global Positioning Systems

过去10年，技术的变化对测量员产生了巨大的影响。全球定位系统(GPS)的出现给测量员收集观测数据、建立项目控制网络和在地球表面定位位置的方式带来了重大变化。GPS技术的最新进展为测量员提供了使用运动学技术实时确定三维位置的能力。这种实时运动学(RTK)系统使得GPS技术可以用来解决典型测量员遇到的问题。这项技术的危险在于，它被那些技术上不识字的人使用，他们认为这个系统是一个只会产生结果的黑匣子。实习和未来的专业测量员必须接受培训，以便他们能够仔细检查结果，并区分可用的和不可用的数据。全面的测量学教育必须在整个课程中为学生提供接触GPS技术的机会。通过使用可应用于平面测量和大地测量的RTK技术，促进了GPS在课程中的整合。熟悉RTK测量的理论和应用，揭开了黑匣子的神秘面纱，培养出了能够对测量业产生积极影响的毕业生。该项目使RTK测量系统可供测量学专业的学生使用。购买RTK设备对于保持一个现代的、全面的课程至关重要，该课程培养出精通技术的学生。*

Changes in technology over the past 10 years have had an enormous impact on surveyors. The advent of the Global Positioning System (GPS) has brought about significant changes in the manner in which surveyors gather observational data, establish project control networks, and locate positions on the Earth's surface. Recent advances in GPS technology have provided the surveyor with the ability to determine three-dimensional positions in real time using kinematics techniques. This real-time kinematics (RTK) system has made GPS technology useful for the solution of problems encountered by the typical surveyor. The danger in this technology lies in its use by those who are technically illiterate and view the system as a black box which merely produces results. Practicing and future professional surveyors must be educated so they are able to scrutinize results and discriminate between usable and unusable data. It is imperative that a comprehensive surveying education provides students with exposure to GPS technology throughout the curriculum. This integration of GPS within the curriculum is facilitated by the use of RTK techniques which may be applied to plane surveying as well as geodetic surveying. Familiarity with the theory and applications of RTK surveying demystifies the black box and produces graduates who can have a positive impact on the surveying profession. This project makes RTK surveying systems available for use by students in the surveying program. The acquisition of RTK equipment is essential for maintaining a contemporary, comprehensive curriculum that produces technologically literate students. *