Using Differential GPS Positioning for Elevation Determination
Credit: 4 PDH Hours
Course Fee: $36.00
8 pages
How it Work!
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- After passing the quiz, follow the page, pay for the course and print your certificate.
Course Summary:
This course provides technical guidance for using Differential Global positioning System (DGPS) to determine elevations of survey benchmarks for wide area mapping and GIS database development applications.
Learning Objective:
Upon completion of this course the participant will learn:
- What is Global positioning system ellipsoid heights.
- What is Orthometric heights and NAVD88 elevations
- What is Geoidal Heights
- Relative vertical positioning with GPS
- NAVD88 – Transformation techniques
- Field testing
Review the quiz before studying the course.
Course Content
Course Author: US Army Corps of Engineers
Certificate of completion of the course
This course comes with a multiple-choice quiz. You can view the quiz and take the quiz if you are logged in your account. You can take the quiz for this online PDH course as many times until passed. The passing grade is 70% and above. After you pass the quiz simply follow the page, to pay for the course and print your certificate instantly. A copy of the certificate and receipt for this course will always be in your account.
This online PDH course can also be used as a continuing education course for the following.