GPS Receivers for Mapping and Surveying

• Request for Submissions
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• Mapping Receivers
• Surveying receivers

Request for Submissions

In this section includes listings for all kinds of GPS receivers and associated equipment. The intent of this page is to give the reader a head start to finding a GPS receiver suited to specific applications. I do not intend to attempt to provide a complete listing of all GPS receivers in existance, nor will I guarantee that this page will always be kept up-to-date. If you know of some equipment that is not listed, or are a distributor (or know of one) and want to get your equipment listed, please drop me a mail. Please be sure to include:

• Company name
• Mailing address,
• Phone and FAX numbers
• Public email addresses
• Web URLs

• Type of equipment
• Brief Description
• Product Name
• Model Number
• Number of channels (if GPS receiver)
• Accuracy
• Time to First Fix
• Type of Outputs
• Output Data Format
• Type of display
• Physical Dimensions
• Power Consumption
• Weight
• Suggested retail price.

This page is under construction!

Mapping Receivers

Mapping receivers are characterized by medium to good accuracy (1-5 meters with DGPS), on-board memory for storing lots of points, and a keyboard for entering data about features.

II Morrow GPS/GIS 940

Description: Handheld GIS/Mapping
MSRP: Unknown
Street: Unknown
Display: LCD, multiline alphanumeric
DGPS capable: Yes
NMEA out?: Unknown
RTCM in/out? : Unknown
Stored points: Unknown
Waypoints: Unknown
Routes : Unknown

Corvallis Mictrotechnology MC-GPS

Description: Handheld GIS/Mapping PC/GPS Data Collector
MSRP: $3950 (July '95 Price Sheet)
Street: $Unknown
Display: LCD, multi-line alphanumeric/graphical
Continuous channels: 6
DGPS capable: Yes
NMEA out?: Unknown
RTCM in/out? : Unknown
Stored points: 31,000
Waypoints: Unknown
Routes : Unknown

ETE Communicator

Description: Data collector based on Apple Newton
MSRP: Unknown
Street: $Unknown
Display: Graphical LCD
Continuous channels: Unknown
DGPS capable: Unknown
NMEA out?: Unknown
RTCM in/out? : Unknown
Stored points: Variable
Waypoints: Unknown
Routes : Unknown

Garmin GPS 100SRVY II-XXX

Description: Handheld GIS/Mapping
MSRP: $2995 (March 17, 1995 Price Sheet)
Street: $Unknown
Display: LCD, 3 line alphanumeric
DGPS capable: Yes
NMEA out?: Yes - 180, 182, 183
RTCM in/out? : Unknown
Stored points: 200,000
Waypoints: 250
Routes : 10

Leica MX 8600GIS Data Collector

Description: Handheld GIS/Mapping
MSRP: Unknown
Street: Unknown
Display: LCD, multiline alphanumeric
DGPS capable: Yes
NMEA out?: Unknown
RTCM in/out? : Unknown
Stored points: 30,000
Waypoints: Unknown
Routes : Unknown

Morotola LGT-1000 Lightweight GPS/GIS Terminal

Sokkia Spectrum

Trimble GeoExplorer

Trimble Pathfinder Pro XL

Surveying receivers

Surveying receivers are capable of accuracies from sub-meter to sub-centimeter. All will be DGPS capable. All will have post-processing software and network adjustment software. Most will have real-time GPS capability. Many will have tripod mounting hardware, capacity for extra batteries, external data collectors, external antennas, etc.

Allen Osborne Associates TurboRogue

Ashtech Dimension 12

Ashtech Super C/A-12

Ashtech MS-XII

Ashtech Z-12

Del Norte Model 586 DMU/1008 GPS

Geotronics Geotracer 2000

Leica SR 261

Leica SR 299 Survey Receiver

Leica SR 399 Geodetic Receiver

Premier Newton Surveyor

Premier RTP VGA Box

Topcon Turbo-SII

Trimble 4000 DS

Trimble 4000 RS

Trimble 4000 SE

Trimble 4000 SSE

Trimble 4000 SSi

Trimble 4000 ST (obsolete)

Trimble 4000 SST (obsolete)