If I may chime in here.....I have been so reluctant to update to any of the new updates. I am somewhat lost with the new terminology that seems to come with the new releases and the thought of different results RTK vs RTPK vs PPK currently mystifies me.
I am still running 3.02.1151 and it provides rock solid results for me.
John,
You are correct in that there are many new phrases and quite a bit of new terminology in all the new changes, but there’s really not that much different once you see it and use it a little while - except the fact that with either the LS Plus upgrade or using the rtpk feature, or both, you can and WILL get much quicker, redundant accurate results under canopy.
That’s what all of these features and the Plus upgrade are all about - time spent under canopy. If you’re getting good,
timely results you’re happy with, that’s great. If you’re spending very much time verifying and validating those results, these upgrades and changes will decrease that time
dramatically.
The rtpk feature is about as simple as any feature can get. When you are on a point and stop the session, the LS automatically starts downloading the data for the time period matching that session from your base (or RTN) and then internally in the LS (no internet connection required) runs the post processing and gives you the PPK solution right there on your point in real time. This process, as Shawn mentioned in his excellent writeup in another thread, has already been sped up tremendously and only takes about 3 to 4 minutes for a 500 to 600 second observation. With that, you are basically getting
two shots in one and very, very often the rtk and the rtpk match and you have your redundancy. If they don’t match, you have two choices, either hit resume on your current session and the data will be added to the current session and can be reprocessed, or you can simply start another session and let the LS process another rtpk solution in another 300/400 seconds. If I have an rtk solution I feel good about, I like option 2 as I can use the DTL white box and will very often get data that will verify that 1st shot was good well before I complete an entire 2nd session.
Some of our tougher locations that were previously taking 3 or 4 fifteen minute PPK sessions, of which we wouldn’t know the results of until we were back in the office, now are taking a maximum of 12 to 15 minutes. The rtpk data with all four constellations is so much more robust that 4 to 5 minute observations are typically producing very good results. Instead of possibly spending an hour and having four 15 minute PPK sessions we hope of which two match, we have in 15 minutes either good rtk and rtpk matching on the very first point or at least 2 much more quickly acquired than in the past rtpk shots that match - and we get it right there on the spot - no wondering or waiting until you get back to office to process!