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GPS Info:
What is GPS
How GPS Works
GPS Systems Accuracy
- US GPS
- Soviet GLONASS
- EU Galileo
- Why GPS, GLONASS & Galileo

Machine Control GPS:
How GPS Machine Control Works
- Base Stations intro
- Radio Base Stations
- GPS and RTK accuracy
- GPS + Laser = MM Accuracy
- GPS + Cell = 1200+ Sq Miles
- GPS on Machines
- GPS Control Boxes/Computers
- GPS Automate Vs. Indicate

GPS System Benefits:
GPS Machine Control Benefits
- Billing Controls
- Data and Management
- Job Management
- Move Dirt 1 Time!
- Many Machines

GPS Parts, Prices, and More:
GPS Machine Control Parts & Cost
- Pricing Automate vs Indicate
- GPS for Graders
- GPS for Dozers
- GPS for Blades
- GPS for Scrapers
- GPS for Excavators

Informative Grade Sites:
AccurateGrade.com
- Precision Grading Practices

LowCostMachineControl.com
- Laser Machine Systems

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Construction Directory

GPS System Data Management

Oh my goodness, where are the manhole covers going to go?
Does anyone know where the sewer pipes are under the concrete?
Can you tell me where to cut open the new street for the water mains?
How about the drains? Ever lost something under fresh blacktop or concrete?

Construction crews have faced each of these problems for generations. Finally there is an answer. No longer do the stakes in the ground have to go unmolested to finish a job. No more cutting up 10 feet of concrete to find a 1 foot drain. These errors, and many like it are a thing of the past. (Figure just 1 a month will pay for your system).

Let's take the drain in the blacktop as an example to show the power of GPS on site.After a day of construction the foreman walks around the site, with the rover and computer, and surveys the situation. He checks to see that things are done right along the way and notices that the sewer crew is complete. The foreman then walks the line looking for errors, and simply marks the points with his rover as he goes. This point, along with other information is uploaded to HQ at the end of the day.

Two weeks later after the blacktop is laid, the foreman of the sewer crew returns to find that his map of the area has been destroyed, lost, stolen, or otherwise misplaced. He is frantic, and advises the site foreman of the situation. In less than a minute, the foreman taps up the coordinates of all sewer drains on his hand held and marks the exact locations for the Sewer Foreman in 20 minutes.

Had the coordinates not been available, roughly 25 square feet of blacktop would have been removed and patched per drain, man hours to paid, time lost, and machine hours used would account for over $1,000 per drain.

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