Positioning infrastructures for sustainable land governance [electronic resource]
Language: English Publication details: Washington FIG 2009Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: Traces the evolution from the concepts of Geodetic Datums to Positioning Infrastructures and their relevance to the parallel evolution of the concept of Land Governance. A geodetic datum describes positions in three dimensions and underpins all of what we now call geo-spatial information. The concept of a Positioning Infrastructure is based on Global Navigation Satellite Systems such as GPS and extends to the ground infrastructure used to improve the accuracy and reliability of GNSS positioning for users.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Book | Virtual Online | ONLINE PUBLICATION (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 160103-2001 |
Traces the evolution from the concepts of Geodetic Datums to Positioning Infrastructures and their relevance to the parallel evolution of the concept of Land Governance. A geodetic datum describes positions in three dimensions and underpins all of what we now call geo-spatial information. The concept of a Positioning Infrastructure is based on Global Navigation Satellite Systems such as GPS and extends to the ground infrastructure used to improve the accuracy and reliability of GNSS positioning for users.