RTK Applications: Survey and Mapping

Learn about Survey and Mapping use cases

Surveying and mapping require obtaining the most accurate position and elevation data.

The surveying industry has been using surveying technique that uses a real-time kinematic GPS/GNSS RTK receiver to provide centimeter or millimeter level accuracy for more than 15 years to collect data for precise mapping.

Few decades ago high-precision devices cost fabulous money. Since that RTK technology has become more popular in recent years with the increased use of GPS, leading chip manufacturers have found a solution to produce affordable modules that give the same accuracy as high-end ones.

This allowed to decrease cost of the receivers. So that RTK surveying technology became affordable and available to customers while keeping the same high level accuracy. Read more about Field test evaluation of the affordable Ardusimple simpleRTK2Blite Starter kit operating in RTK mode.

There are several examples of application GNSS RTK technology in surveying and mapping: