Prev. published as: The global positioning system and GIS.
"Featuring hardware and GPS software from Trimble Navigation, Limited, and GIS software from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic concepts -- Automated data collection -- Examining GPS data -- Differential correction, DOQs, and ESRI data -- Integrating GPS data with GIS data -- Attributes and positions -- GPS mission planning -- The present and the future -- Appendix A. Sources of additional information about GPS -- Appendix B. Form for exercises, lab practicals, and exams using data sets on the CD-ROM