How accurate can a single RS+ get over time?

[liudmila.slepova]

Hi @jherbranson,

Welcome to the community forum!

@jherbranson

Can I find a single location on the ground to within cm accruacy?

I see that Dmitriy has already answered your question here:

Coordinate accumulation time (slider button in base mode)

Hello, Increasing accumulation time even up to 8 hours won’t help to increase an absolute accuracy much when averaging in Single mode. If you need high absolute accuracy for your base position, you can log raw data for several hours and then post-process it using the closest CORS.

@jherbranson

The M2 would use the Harxon as the antenna, and then the M2 would link up with the smart phone for the interface, right? The advantage here is that the M2 (and Harxon) are multi-frequency and would be able to locate a single point on the planet to within very high accuracy? My RS+ simply can’t get there because it’s single frequency?

It’s related to the answer above, but I’d like to point out that both Reach RS+ and Reach M2 in a standalone mode are capable of obtaining meter-level accuracy only.

You can see the difference between the multi-band and single-band receivers while working in RTK or PPK. For example, a multi-band receiver is capable of finding a fix solution much quicker. I’d recommend checking our Single-band VS Multi-band guide for more detail. Please note that there is no difference in the end result accuracy of RTK or PPK for the single-band and multi-band receivers.