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iGage
iG8 User Manual
What Happens in SurvCE’s Raw File
When You Configure a GNSS Base
The following discussion explains what is going on for when you setup a base in SurvCE, what gets loaded in the
receiver and what entries are made in the .CRD, .REF and .RW5 files:
.CRD
Job ‘Card’ file. May also have a .CRDB extension (new style)
.REF
Base Reference file
Information you may need when looking at this discussion and example:
iG8
Receiver Type
IGAIG8
PC
GM + HI + L1
Electrical Phase Center of GNSS antenna element
4297.0875’
(1309.7549 m) Ellip Ellipsoid Height
L1
0.3740’
(0.1140 m)
L1 Offset (distance from ARP to PC) on IGAIG8
HR / LS
6.9357’
(2.1140 m)
HR = (HI + L1) ; Distance from GM to PC, AKA LS
HI
6.5617’
(2.0000 m)
Vertical distance from GM to ARP, the Rod height
SlantHeight
6.8405’
(2.0850 m)
Slant Height from GM to bottom of blue band
SHMP
0.2753’
(0.0839 m)
Slant Height Measurement Point (distance from ARP)
at bottom of receiver to the slant measurement point
R
0.2218’
(0.0676 m)
radius of receiver at the SHMP
ARP
4296.7135
(1309.6409 m) Ellip GM + HI, Antenna Reference Point (bottom of receiver)
GM
4290.1518’
(1307.6409 m) Ellip Ground Mark (the point on the ground, under the receiver)
4344.9974’
(1324.3579 m) Ortho
GEOID
-16.717 m = -54.8457’
GEOID18 separation at the GM
(OrthoH = EllipsoidH – GEOID)
The base position for this example is:
40 44 10.40975179
-111 51 33. 63514941
DMS: DD MM SS.ssssssss
40.7362249208
-111.8593433129
Decimal Deg: DDD.dddddddddd
7437123.6609 N
1540829.5613 E sFeet
SPC UT Central NAD83 US Survey Feet
When you setup a base, the HI is entered on the Receiver tab.
In this example the base is on a fixed height 2-meter rod so the Antenna Height is:
HI
2.0000 m = 6.5617 sFeet
Vertical distance from GM to ARP
After configuring the ‘RTK’ tab, and then doing a 10 point average, this is the ‘Base Configuration’ screen: