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You can buy GPS measuring equipment in many places. But GPS measuring equipment has a reputation for being expensive. So you don’t just want to buy GPS measuring equipment. You want to be sure that you make the right choice.

GPS measuring equipment is required to survey with GPS. When purchasing GPS measuring equipment, several things must be taken into account. First, you need to know what you will be using the GPS for. The location for which you will use the GPS measuring equipment is also important. GPS measuring equipment is dependent on the reception of satellite signals. And some GPS measuring equipment performs better under certain conditions than others. In addition, another essential part of GPS measuring equipment is the software. The software largely determines how easy the GPS measuring equipment is to operate. And how easily you can collect the measurement data in the field and then send it to the office. The other components of a GPS measuring system are less decisive for the functioning of GPS measuring equipment.

To clarify everything about this topic, we will answer the following questions in this article:

-What is a good step-by-step plan for purchasing GPS measuring equipment?

-Why does the location where I measure determine which GPS measuring equipment is best to buy?

-Is it better to buy individual parts or a complete set of GPS measuring equipment?

-What should you pay attention to when purchasing a GPS receiver?

-Why is the software so decisive when purchasing GPS measuring equipment?

Buying GPS measuring equipment: the solution

You may not be able to read this entire article. That is why there is another option to find out more about buying GPS measuring equipment.

You can try a GPS measuring system via this website. Please look directly at this page.

You can request a demonstration of one of our GPS measuring systems on the same page. During this demonstration you can ask specific questions about purchasing GPS measuring equipment and of course also about other topics related to GPS surveying.

If you do not have time for a demonstration or would like to quickly try out the software of our GPS measuring systems, this is possible. Apglos Survey Wizard is the easiest software to perform GPS measurements. You can download it for free from the Google Play Store .

The Apglos Survey Wizard surveying app has full functionality with the GPS of your Android device. So you can fully test this app and it is free.

Of course, the accuracy of our GPS receivers is better than that of standard Android devices. So if you want to do a test with an accurate system, take a look at this page.

What is a good step-by-step plan for purchasing GPS measuring equipment?

Buying GPS measuring equipment is something you should think carefully about. GPS measuring equipment is generally not cheap. That means it is an investment. You must get a return from an investment. It is therefore important to carefully consider which GPS measuring equipment you want to purchase.

That is why we have drawn up a step-by-step plan. By following a few simple steps you can buy the right GPS measuring equipment for you.

Step 1: Inventory

This inventory step is often unfairly skipped. Often someone in the organization says that he or she needs GPS measuring equipment. But there is a lot of different measuring equipment. And all dealers/suppliers want to sell their own GPS measuring equipment. And that means that they will all say that their GPS measuring equipment is the best.

It is therefore important to first make an inventory of what requirements the GPS measuring equipment must meet. The questions that need to be answered in this phase of purchasing GPS measuring equipment are:

• What will the GPS measuring equipment be used for?
• Who will use the GPS measuring equipment?
• Is there one person responsible for the GPS measuring equipment or are there several?
• At which locations will you use the GPS measuring equipment?
• Should the GPS measuring equipment be interchangeable?

Step 2: Orientation

Actually, you have already started this step. You have probably googled buy GPS measuring equipment or something similar. And that is probably why you are on this website and reading this text.

In this step you will find out what is available on the market. And that is good. Because this is the only way you can see whether what you want in step 1 is also available. It would be a bad investment if you purchased GPS measuring equipment if it ultimately turned out that it did not meet the requirements identified in step 1.

Step 3: Selection

The orientation phase will probably show that there are several providers who offer GPS measuring equipment that meets all the requirements you determined in step 1. All GPS measuring equipment that does not meet your requirements will be removed immediately.

In this selection phase you select a maximum of three providers of GPS measuring equipment. They don’t have to be there anymore. Because the more providers you choose, the more time the next steps will take.

Step 4: Try

It is unwise to buy GPS measuring equipment without trying it. This attempt does not only include a demonstration. A demonstration is fun to see how the GPS measuring equipment works and functions.

But there is a major disadvantage to making a choice based on a demonstration alone. A demonstration often does not simulate a real working situation in which the GPS measuring equipment will be used.

It is therefore wise to try the GPS measuring equipment for a few days to a working week at a project location. Here you can actually see whether the GPS measuring equipment meets the requirements set in step 1.

You can try our GPS measuring equipment. Click here for that.

Step 5: Pricing

After the trial phase you will know which GPS measuring equipment you like. After the trial phase, it is good to know exactly what the costs are.

When determining the costs, it is not just about the purchase costs. The purchase costs are normally quite clear in a quotation from a provider of GPS measuring equipment.

The same cannot be said about the recurring costs for every provider. It is very important that you pay close attention to this, so that you are not surprised by these recurring costs later.

Recurring costs of GPS measuring equipment can be:

• Subscription for RTK corrections
• Data subscription
• Software licensing fees
• Paid updates for software
• Paid hardware firmware updates

Step 6: Buy GPS measuring equipment

You can make a choice based on the prices you collected in step 5. After making your choice, you can order the GPS measuring equipment. And when this is delivered, you can start surveying with good GPS measuring equipment.

If you have any questions about this step-by-step plan or would like advice about purchasing GPS measuring equipment, please contact us.

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Why does the location where I measure determine which GPS measuring equipment is best to buy?

During the inventory phase of the step-by-step plan to purchase GPS measuring equipment, you must determine at which location you will use the GPS measuring equipment. By this I do not mean whether this is in Amsterdam or in Limburg.

But whether it is in an open field or in a city center or in a wooded area. This has to do with the GPS receiver.

The GPS receiver is an essential part of GPS measuring equipment. The GPS receiver receives the satellite signals. And the GPS receiver uses the satellite signals to determine its position.

The amount of satellite signals that the GPS receiver receives is therefore very important. Some GPS receivers can receive more satellite signals than others. This includes GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO and BEIDOU. These are the satellite constellations of the United States, Russia, Europe and China respectively.

But there are also differences in GPS satellites. There are L1 and L2 satellites. Not every receiver can receive all satellites.

In an open field this does not matter much, because the GPS receiver can often receive sufficient satellites. But if the reception of the GPS receiver is limited by tall buildings or trees, this is important.

The location where you will measure is therefore very important for the choice of GPS measuring equipment to be purchased.

Is it better to buy individual parts or a complete set of GPS measuring equipment?

GPS measuring equipment actually revolves around two main elements. The first is the GPS receiver. Above I have already explained why a GPS receiver is important.

The second element that is extremely important with GPS measuring equipment is the surveying software. I will describe later in this article why this is so decisive for GPS measuring equipment.

There are also various accessories, such as a GPS measuring stick, a tablet and a tablet holder. You also have to rely on subscriptions such as the RTK correction subscription and the data subscription to be able to connect to the RTK correction network.

Ultimately, there are not that many elements to put together a complete GPS measuring system. In addition, a standard has been established regarding communication of GPS receivers. Normally a GPS receiver sends its data in NMEA. And the correction data is normally sent to the GPS receiver in RTCM.

This means that virtually all surveying software can communicate with all GPS receivers.

However, there are a number of GPS receivers that can transmit NMEA, but do not output this as standard. That is a disadvantage to putting together a GPS measuring system yourself.

Another disadvantage is that putting it together yourself takes a lot of time. While the benefit you get from this is not that great.

That is why it is wise to buy the system as a complete package when you want to buy new GPS measuring equipment. You will then have one point of contact if there are any problems. In addition, that one party ensures that the entire GPS measuring system will work.

Of course there are exceptions. For example, if you only want to replace a specific part of an existing GPS measuring system. As mentioned, that is possible.

What should you pay attention to when purchasing a GPS receiver?

The GPS receiver is therefore extremely important when purchasing GPS measuring equipment. I have previously explained that the amount of satellite signals that a GPS receiver can receive is important.

With too few satellite signals, a GPS receiver cannot accurately determine the position.

Fortunately, every GPS receiver has a specification sheet. However, the specification sheets of GPS receivers contain a lot of information and numbers. If you are looking for a GPS receiver and GPS is not your daily activity, those numbers will not mean much.

That is why step 4 in the step-by-step plan for purchasing GPS measuring equipment is so important.

But back to the spec sheet. If you can understand the specification sheets of GPS receivers then there is another problem.

The specification sheets of GPS receivers are drawn up by the manufacturers of the GPS receivers themselves. This means that the values ​​on the specification sheets of the GPS receivers can be played with.

Therefore, there is one very important thing you should pay attention to when purchasing a GPS receiver. This is also evident in the film below.

A GPS receiver is about trust. Do you trust that the GPS receiver indicates the correct position? And do you trust that one provider more than the other?

It is therefore wise to measure a fixed point during the trial phase of the step-by-step plan for purchasing GPS measuring equipment and compare it with what that value should be. You can find fixed points in the Netherlands here.

This allows you to see if you trust the GPS measuring equipment you are trying. And that is an essential matter when surveying with GPS.

Why is the software so decisive when purchasing GPS measuring equipment?

The surveying software of the GPS measuring equipment is the second part that is extremely important. The GPS receiver naturally determines whether the position is determined accurately.

But ultimately you want to do something with this precise position. And that is done with the surveying software.

Only if you can use the accurate position from the GPS receiver for measuring or stakeout will GPS measuring equipment be of any use to you.

In fact, the entire operation of the GPS measuring equipment is done with the surveying software. Only switching the GPS receiver on and off is not done with the surveying software.

It is therefore important that the surveying software is accessible to those who will use the GPS measuring equipment. Especially if someone does not work with GPS measuring equipment every day, the surveying software must be simple and simple.

That is why we offer Apglos Survey Wizard with our GPS measuring equipment. It is a simple surveying application that works well with our GPS receivers. The software is so accessible that anyone can work with it. And that one can also work with it if one has not used the GPS measuring equipment for a month.

You can try the software yourself in advance. Download Apglos Survey Wizard for free from the Google Play Store. You will immediately receive 2500 coins from Apglos, so that you can thoroughly test the software. Be careful, because then you are already in step 4 of the step-by-step plan: the trial phase 😉

Final conclusion about purchasing GPS measuring equipment

This was an entire article about buying GPS measuring equipment. There is a lot to report on this topic of GPS surveying. We hope that you have learned at least a few things from it and that you can benefit from them.

However, everything written in this article is theory. If you want to put this theory into practice, you can.

You can try or buy a GPS measuring system via this website . When you do that, you can immediately put into practice what you learned by reading this article about purchasing GPS measuring equipment. And you can see whether working with our GPS measuring equipment is something for you.

Of course, when you try or buy one of our GPS measuring systems, you will receive a short and clear explanation, so that you can get started right away.

If you would like a demonstration first, you can also request one via the pages mentioned above. During a demonstration or a brief explanation you can also ask specific questions about purchasing GPS measuring equipment.