DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL

POSITIONING SYSTEM OF
SURVEYING

By
J. MOUNIKA
187R1A0178
CIVIL – 4B
 DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING
SYSTEM OF SURVEYING
CONTENTS :
• INTRODUCTION
• OBJECTIVES
• WHAT IS DGPS SURVEY?
• WHY DO WE NEED DIFFERENTIAL GPS
• DIFFERENT TYPES OF DGPS
• METHODS FOR CORRECTING DGPS DATA
• DIFFERENCE OF GPS AND DGPS
• ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF DGPS
• CONCLUSION
DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING
SYSTEM OF SURVEYING
INTRODUCTION:
• DGPS (Differential GPS) is essentially a system to provide positional
corrections to GPS signals.
• DGPS uses a fixed, known position to adjust real time GPS signals to
eliminate pseudorange errors.
• An important point to note is that DGPS corrections improve the
accuracy of position data only
 DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM OF
SURVEYING

OBJECTIVES :
• The objective of these rapid coral mapping assessments within the marine
parks of Malaysia is to collect data on coral types and distribution,
• DGPS (Differential GPS) is essentially a system to provide positional
corrections to GPS signals. DGPS uses a fixed, Known position.
 WHAT IS DGPS SURVEY ?

• DGPS SURVEY. A Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) is an

enhancement to the Global Positioning System (GPS) which provides
improved location accuracy, 

• In the range of operations of each system, from the 15-meter nominal

GPS accuracy to about 1–3 cm[1] in case of the best implementations.
WHY DO WE NEED DIFFERENTIAL GPS
By using DGPS we can improve our positional accuracy from around 1.5
meter standard gps to around 40 cm with DGPS.

There are many other applications like this. The labour saving is
immense but at the same time, previously impossible tasks are made
possible such as the prediction of earthquakes before they occur.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF DGPS
• SBAS – Correction messages are sent from Geostationary Satellites, for
example, EGNOS or WASS.
• RTCMv2 – Correction messages are sent from a static base station, giving 40
– 80 cm accuracy.
• RTK – Correction messages are sent from a static base station signal giving
<2cm accuracy on RTK enabled units. 
METHODS FOR CORRECTING DGPS DATA

• The best methods, from the most to the least accurate, are: post
processing GPS data, using DGPS beacons to correct GPS data in real
time,
•using satellite service providers transmitting corrections over L-band
frequencies to correct GPS data in real time, and using the wide area
augmentation system to correct GPS data in real time.
DIFFERENCE OF GPS AND DGPS

• Both used for the satellite-based navigation systems. The

fundamental distinction between GPS and DGPS is that, Gps's
instruments range is global. on the other hand, DGPS's instruments
range is local.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
OF DGPS
Advantages of DGPS:
• While in use GPS, it is quite accurate, using DGPS pushes its accuracy
even further.
• GPS or DGPS makes A/L guidance at every precise as oppose to ILS as
well as MLS.
• DGPS has to know the perfect location on the earth.
• Provide accurate data within a minute.
Disadvantages of DGPS

• The coverage is to take advantage of DGPS is limited.

• In this signal to ensure greater coverage area more DGPS stations
need to be added.
• The position accuracy to degrades as the separation between DGPS
and also the aircraft GPS-Rx increases.
 CONCLUSION

• DGPS was shown to be a method that could give detailed information

about a subject's speed and position. It was further demonstrated
that physiological variables could be related to DGPS data.