Static made simple
“Emlid gear has saved me a lot of
time and effort – it’s really added value to my business!”
Dale Atkinson from Atkinson & Booy Surveys works as a cadastral surveyor in the Townsville region. Many of Dale’s projects involve long line static surveys, conducted in regional and rural areas which can make access by conventional vehicle rather difficult.
Dale has been using Emlid equipment for many years as part of his survey kit. The compact nature of the Emlid gear allows him to fit everything into a buggy or small chopper to reach those remote areas.
With the internal battery fully charged, the Emlid Reach RS2+ GNSS receiver units can log high quality static data for 22 hours. This is very convenient as it keeps the amount of gear required for a static survey very compact and light. A RS2+ weighs just 950g!
Dale can setup the Reach receiver, login via ReachView 3 and start logging. When he comes back the next day he can just grab the unit and download the static log / RINEX files straight from the unit.
As the Reach RS2+ is a calibrated antenna listed in the NGS & IGS antenna databases, these logs can be easily uploaded to an online post-processing service, including sophisticated commercial services such as HxGN SmartNet’s Online Computation Service and free services such as AUSPOS.
RINEX logs from Emlid Reach RS2+ can also be post processed with common survey office software including Trimble Business Centre and Leica Infinity. Additionally, Emlid now offer their own free post-processing software for Windows and macOS called Emlid Studio, which is helpful when you have a base RINEX file (ie. collected by a ReachRS2 over a benchmark) to use as an input in your processing.
Emlid Studio can also be really helpful and offers a simple and intuitive workflow, if you need to decimate or otherwise adjust your RINEX file to allow it to conform to the supported observation frequency and constellations for specific post-processing services.
