GPS Basics & Status of GPS in Qatarby Charles Chamberlain,
President, Chamberlain Consulting, Ottawa,
Canada.
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Charles Chamberlain |
Alistair Strachan |
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Abstract : |
In 1993 it was decided to use GPS as the primary tool for Surveying and Mapping activities in the State of Qatar. Several tasks were undertaken over the next three years to support that decision, including:
Development of the 1995 Qatar National Datum QND95 as the underlying coordinate base for positioning applications.
Development of the 1995 Qatar Geoid Model (Qatar95).
Establishing a permanent GPS Base Station which operates on a continual basis.
Development of an on-line Bulletin Board Service for dissemination of GPS observations.
Development of a Real Time Differential GPS System (RTDGPS) using VHF communications.
Development of Microsoft Windows compatible software for transforming GPS based WGS84 coordinates to QND95 and computing geoid model parameters.
Design, installation and implementaion of special GPS Validation Networks for validation of GPS equipment, user procedures, and calculations.
Providing one, two, and five day education and training seminars on GPS.
Sponsorship of GIS/GPS Conference '97 in March 1997.
In the first part of this paper a brief overview og GPS is given and then the how and why of each of the activities described above will be given. The paper concludes with a description of how GPS is used on a day-to-day basis to accomplish the surveying tasks of the Centre for GIS.
Charles Chamberlain - Profile :
Charles Chamberlain's career began in 1966 with his first
job working for the City of Hamilton on a legal survey
party. Since then he has acquired a unique blend of
management amd technical expertise through formal and
continuing education and a wide variety of work experience
in positions of ever increasing responsibility. His strong
technical background comes from Bachelor and Master degrees
in Engineering and related work experience. His management
expertise stems from years of practical work experience
formalized through an Executive Master of Business
Administration degree in International Business. He has
worked for all levels of government and in private industry
both nationally and internationally. He has served the
business and public communities through participation in his
professional associations, by organizing and participitating
in conferences, by presenting talks and written papers, and
through active participation in youth sport groups.
Charles Chamberlain is currently President of Chamberlain
Consulting. Chamberlain Consulting provides Business
Management, Training, and Technical Consulting services
focusing on supporting government and private sector
organizations in meeting their business objectives.
Alistair Strachan - Profile :
Alistair started his survey career in 1979 when he
enrolled as a Land Survey student at the School of Military
Survey, Newbury. During his 7 years in Military Survey he
participated in various geodetic, topographic &
engineering survey tasks in Nepal, Kenya, Cyprus, Norway,
Germany and in UK.
In 1986, he left army and joined the commercial world as a
Land Surveyor for Hunting Surveys, where he undertook a
variety of work in the UK, Sudan and his first tour of duty
in Qatar.
In 1989, he foined the Civil Engineering Department as the
Engineering Survey Supervisor. During this time with the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture, he has also
worked as a Cadastral Officer - Survey Section, and the
Topographic Officer - GIS Division.
Currently, as Assistant Head of Mapping & Positioning
Services, he is responsible for The Topographic Survey
teams, Geodetic & GPS Services and Geographic Data Sales
at The Centre.
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