Gavin M. Schrock

This week, I'm pleased to present to you an essay written by Gavin Schrock, a licensed land surveyor (Washington), technology writer and administrator of the Washington State Reference Network (WSRN), which operates 103 GNSS reference stations that comprise the statewide RTK Network.

Some folks are proposing that a nationwide RTK Network (RTN) be piggy-backed on the controversial LightSquared communications network. That could be cool, if it can be done. No one is saying that it can’t be done, but there are reservations on whether it would be worth the massive investments...more >>

Already adopted by many countries, real-time networks (RTNs) can be a boon to the public and private sectors. In the U.S., the On-Grid initiative seeks to bring together local and regional RTN developers to pool resources so that high-precision real-time GNSS networks can benefit the surveying,...more >>