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INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR DEVELOPING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM DATA COLLECTION STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLANS
Citation:
KOHL, N. W., G. BRILIS, C. MIDDLETON, R. Strohman, N. G. TALLENT-HALSELL, T. R. Smith, L. M. PETTERSON, JEFFEREY C. WORTHINGTON, AND A. LOWE. INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR DEVELOPING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM DATA COLLECTION STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLANS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-08/020, 2008.
Impact/Purpose:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Geospatial Quality Council developed this document to harmonize the process of collecting, editing, and exporting spatial data of known quality using the Global Positioning System (GPS). Each organizational entity may adopt this document as the core of their Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) manual on GPS data collection procedures. The intended audience for this document includes U.S. EPA staff, contractors, and grantees who will be: 1. Participating in GPS survey planning, 2. Conducting a GPS survey, 3. Maintaining and lending GPS equipment, and 4. Processing data sets collected in the field and converting them to various file formats for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS) data base. This document may also serve as a reference guide for Agency staff who will be using GPS equipment and the individual(s) responsible for the maintenance of this equipment.
Description:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency Geospatial Quality Council developed this document to harmonize the process of collecting, editing, and exporting spatial data of known quality using the Global Positioning System (GPS). Each organizational entity may adopt this document as the core of their Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) manual on GPS data collection procedures.