USING GPS AND GIS TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE OF A PORTABLE TELEMETRY SYSTEM
Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) can assist with triangulation as a means of re-locating radio tagged animals. Locations of twenty five moose (Alces alces) fitted with radio telemetry collars were monitored using truck mounted telemetry equipment, GPS receive...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Lakehead University
1997
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| Online Access: | http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/819 |
| Summary: | Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) can assist with triangulation as a means of re-locating radio tagged animals. Locations of twenty five moose (Alces alces) fitted with radio telemetry collars were monitored using truck mounted telemetry equipment, GPS receivers, GIS software, and a portable computer. This paper explains how GPS can be used to calibrate antenna arrays on portable receiving stations and GIS to generate lines of triangulation on a portable computer in the field. |
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