Product Manual

Glossary

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P/N:7010‐1004

PhaseCenterofAntenna

–Thepointfromwhichtheelectromagneticradiationspreadssphericallyoutward,withthephaseof

thesignalbeingequalatanypointonthesphere.

Pocket‐3D–

FielddatacollectionsoftwarebyTopconforconstructionmarkets.

Real‐TimeKinematic(RTK)–

Aprecisemethodofreal‐timesurveying.RTKenablesyoutocheckthemeasurementquality

withouthavingtoprocessthedata.

RootMeanSquare(RMS)

–Statisticalmeasureofthemagnitudeofavaryingquantity.

Rover–

AmobileGNSSreceiveranddatacollectorusedfordetermininglocationinthe field.

Satellite‐BasedAugmentationSystems(SBAS)–

Complementsexistingglobalnavigationsystems.SBAStransmitsdifferential

correctionsandmessagesfornavigationsatellitesthatarewithinsightofanetworkorreferencestationsinawidearea,such

asacontinent.

StaticSurvey–

Locationdeterminationwhenthereceiver’ santennaisstationary.Thismethodprovidesthehighestaccuracy

andrequiresthelongestobser vationtimes.

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TopconReceiverUtility(TRU)–

Receiverconfigurationsoftwareforreceiversandperipheraldevices.TRUisincludedonthe

GPS+SoftwareCDthataccompaniedyourreceiver.