Name:
Acquisition of RTK Global Positioning Units
FiscalYear:
2014
Audience:
Engineering and Computer Science, College of
Submitter:
Nagarajan, Sudhagar
Budget Manager:
Asseff, Lynn G.
Project Manager:
Bloetscher, Frederick
Dept. Chair:
Yong, Yan
Local IT:
N/A
Dean:
Ilyas, Mohammad
Facilities:
N/A
OIT:
Campbell, Glen R.
Year 1:
$ 32,240.00
Year 2:
$ 0.00
Year 3:
$ 0.00
Total:
$ 32,240.00
A typical setup for GPS surveying
involves one GPS unit to be mounted as a base station and the other GPS units to
be deployed as rovers. The rover station is continuously moved to survey
topographical features such as road crowns, manholes, lamp posts, parking lots,
buildings, river banks, etc. just to name a few. The units can be linked to cell phones to
gather visual data as well as GPS information making field work far more
effective. 120 points can be collected
in 4 hours. The existing facility at our
department restricts the usage to only two rovers (therefore, only two
students) at a time. In bigger classes, the students were forced to use GPS
rovers in groups. This has not only limited the hands on experience, but also, increased
the wait time for the students. As GPS surveying has become an important part of
today’s Civil, Environmental, and Geomatics Engineering practice, it is
important that our students are given a proper amount of hands on experience to
make them competitive and successful after graduation. In fact, during our
recent ABET review, the evaluator expressed concerns over the alarmingly low GPS
unit to student ratio.
Network Real-time Kinematic
Surveying (N-RTK) is a GPS surveying technique to achieve centimeter level
accuracy without having to establish a base station of our own on a known control
point. This technique uses permanent base stations that are setup by federal,
state and local government authorities and available for free. However, the GPS
units need to have the capability to receive GPS corrections from those
permanent stations. This is one of the most common techniques used by the
engineering and construction industry today as it saves time and effort in the
field. The existing three GPS units we currently own do not have the capability
to perform N-RTK and therefore our students are lacking that important practical
experience. In order to fill that gap and improve the experience in using the
GPS, this proposal requests funding of $ 32,240 to acquire three N-RTK capable
GPS rover units. A detailed quote is attached. We are receiving upto 30% of discount on these units.
This application aligns very well
with FAU’s strategic plan 2012-1017, especially Goal I.
Goal I: Enrich the educational experience: The additional
network capable GPS units will provide every student with of the proper amount
of hands on experience in using GPS units to perform engineering and
construction surveying. This will also enable students to better understand modern
GPS positioning and surveying techniques.
Fiscal Year 1 | Fiscal Year 2 | Fiscal Year 3 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hardware One-Time | $ 32,240.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 32,240.00 |
Hardware Recurring | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Software One-time | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Software Recurring | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Personnel One-time | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Personnel Recurring | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Other One-time | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Other Recurring | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Totals | $ 32,240.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 32,240.00 |
Filename | Size | Description |
---|---|---|
Leica_Viva_GS14_DS_us.pdf | 623,307b | Datasheet for Leica GPS units |
Quote_29810_export_Leica_GPS.pdf | 40,885b | Quote for Leica GPS units |