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GNSS

Meaning in civil engineering & construction, with examples

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In civil engineering & construction, GNSS means: Global Navigation Satellite System: the general name for satellite positioning systems such as GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou, used to find exact positions on the ground.

In Turkish: GNSS, uydu konumlama sistemi, GPS

How it is used

Surveyors use GNSS receivers with RTK corrections to reach centimetre accuracy when setting out roads and earthworks, and machines can be guided by it. Many people still say GPS for all these systems.

Example sentences

  1. We set out the road centreline with a GNSS rover.

  2. GNSS doesn't work well under the viaduct, so use the total station there.

Common collocations

  • GNSS receiver
  • GNSS rover
  • RTK GNSS
  • GNSS survey
  • machine control
  • surveyThe work of measuring and recording the position, height and shape of land, buildings or other features, or the report and drawings that result from it.
  • total stationAn electronic surveying instrument that measures horizontal and vertical angles and distances, then calculates the coordinates of points.
  • set outTo mark the exact positions and levels of a building, road or other work on the ground with survey instruments, so that construction starts in the right place.
  • datumA reference level or surface from which heights or positions are measured, such as mean sea level or a chosen site datum of 100.000 m.
  • topographic surveyA survey that records the shape and height of the ground and the position of existing features such as buildings, trees, roads, kerbs and utilities.

More terms: Surveying and Setting Out

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