Trimble Outdoors AgGPS 252 User Manual

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AgGPS 252 Receiver User Guide 15

Overview 2

The AgGPS 252 receiver outputs position coordinates in several datums
and ellipsoids depending on the GPS positioning method being used.
See Table 2.6.

For more information, go to the National Geodetic Survey website at
www.ngs.noaa.gov/faq.shtml#WhatDatum

Table 2.6

DGPS coordinate systems

GPS positioning method

Datum

Ellipsoid

None – Autonomous mode

WGS-84

1

WGS-84

OmniSTAR VBS North American Beams

NAD-83

2

GRS-80

OmniSTAR VBS Rest of World Beams

ITRF

3

GRS-80

OmniSTAR HP

ITRF 2000

ITRF 2000

WAAS Beams

WGS-84

WGS-84

RTK

WGS-84

WGS-84

1

World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984. Datum and ellipsoid.

2

North American Datum (NAD) 1983. Equivalent to WGS-84 in North

America.

3

International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF). Contact the DGPS provider for details.

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