Longitude--cont.

There is an important difference between latitude and longitude. The circumference of the earth declines as the latitude increase away from the equator. This means the miles per degree of longitude changes with the latitude. This makes determining the distance between two points identified by longitude more difficult.
Latitude (o) Miles/deg.

0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

69.17
68.13 65.03 59.95 53.06 44.55 34.67 23.73 12.05

RTK
Requires two receivers recording observations simultaneously. RTK requires receivers that can use the dual frequency L1/L2 observations. Can lock onto satellites while on the move. Must have radio or other link to transfer data and calculate error in real time. Accuracy can be as good as 0.02 to 0.05 feet, 0.24 inches to 0.6 inches.

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