Precision GPS on a budget
I am a undergraduate at a university in Kansas that is currently working on a degree in Earth Science with minors in Paleontology and GIS. I have been doing Paleo field work in Montana for the past 4 years and we have generally used outdated handheld gps units. Unfortunately the university I go to had their surveying GPS unit broke a few years ago and they have not replaced it. I was wanting to get this communities input on cheap high precision units or DIY units. I was wanting something with cm precision since I would be working on mapping fossil beds.
I have seen a few articles on DIY high precision gps units but I’m not sure if they have improved since then and if they would be ideal to my scenarios. I would ultimately either spend my money or work it into a undergrad research proposal. Also to cut cost I’d probably want something that can either connect to a pc or smartphone.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Sub-Centimeter-GPS-With-RTKLIB/
Any feedback or thoughts would be appreciated.
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