GPS based Handheld System for Land Area Measurement

Abstract

Most often there arises a situation of not being able to measure huge areas of land using the conventional methods like measuring tape because of different reasons like the land being uneven or presence of trees, bushes or buildings in the path. To overcome this problem, we can use the GPS module for measuring land and calculating the area. The borders of the land which we want to measure can be marked by finding the location coordinates with the help of GPS module. The land is divided into triangular portions and area of individual portion is calculated and then all the areas are added to get the total land area. By using this method, distance between two points and area of a given field can be calculated with ease. This would require less man power when compared to the conventional methods and the task of land measurement will be simplified