January 12, 2012
CCSU Institute of Technology and Business
185 Main Street
New Britain, CT

GNSS Statistics for Surveyors
Presented by Assoc. Prof. Thomas H. Meyer, PhD and John Doody, PS & PE

This course is presented to integrate the use of statistical concepts into GNSS precision and accuracy analysis. The seminar will explain statistical terms and formulas with examples taken from GNSS data. Attendees will learn how to better understand precision and accuracy data from vendor brochures, GNSS recorders, and software reports. Attendees will also be able to utilize statistics in analyzing their own GNSS data to make their own precision determinations for their GNSS receivers.

Assoc. Prof. Thomas H. Meyer, PhD, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in GIS, Geodesy, Analytical Cartography, and GPS. Dr. Meyer has authored a geodesy textbook and numerous peer-reviewed papers about surveying and mapping, and teaches professional education seminars for surveyors throughout New England and the US. Prof. Meyer is a past president of the New England Section ACSM.

John J. Doody, PS & PE, Adjunct faculty Civil Engineering Department, Central Connecticut State University, teaches a course in GPS. He is the chair of the CALS Professional Development Committee, and has presented a seminar in GNSS post processing for CALS

Registration Information [PDF]

Directions
From I-84 (Waterbury – East) Exit 35 (left exit) to Route 72 East. Take Exit 9 - Main Street. At end of the exit take a right. At the next light take a right onto Chestnut Street and another
right onto Main Street. ITBD is a red brick building located on the right just past ‘Subway’.

From I-84 (Hartford – West) Exit 39A to Route 9 South. Take Exit 27 – Chestnut Street (left exit). At the end of the exit take a right onto Chestnut Street and proceed to the third light.
Take a right onto Main Street. ITBD is a red brick building located on the right just past Subway’.

From the South (Routes 9, 91 or 15) Go north on route 9 to Exit 26 – Downtown New Britain. Go straight at the end of the exit. Take a left at the following traffic light (CVS is on the corner) onto Chestnut Street. Take your second right onto Main Street. ITBD is a red brick building located on the right just past ‘Subway’.

Parking
Parking is available in the Municipal Parking Garage in back of the ITBD building (access is on Chestnut Street just south of Main Street). Bring your ticket with you to be stamped for free
parking

Map
http://www.ccsu.edu/itbd/directions/default.htm