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Global Positioning System : Theory and Practice

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The contents of the book are partitioned into 13 chapters, a section of references, and a very detailed index which should immediately help in finding certain topics of interest. The first chapter is a historical review. It shows the origins of surveying and how global surveying technigues have been developed. In addition, 2 short history on the Global Positioning System (GPS) is given. The second chapter is an overview of GPS. The system is explained by means of its three segments: thc space segment, the control segment, and the user segment. The third chapter deals with the reference systems, such as coordinate and time systems. The inertial and the terrestrial reference frames are explained in the section on coordinate syst-ms, and the transformaztion Yetwetn them js shown. “fhe definition of different times is given in the section en time systems, together with appropriate conversion formulas. The fourth chapter is dedicated to satellite orbits. This chapter specifically describes GPS orbits and covers the determination of the Keplerian and the perturbed orbit, as well as the dissemination of the orbital data. The fifth chapter covers the satellite signal. It shows the fundamentals of the signal structure with its various components and the principles of the signal processing. The sixth chapter deals with the observables-The data acguisition comprises code and phase pseudoranges and Doppler data. The chapter also contains the data combinations, both the phase combinations and the phase/code range combinations. Influences affecting the observables are described. Examples are: the atmospheric and relativistic effects, multipath, and the impact of the antenna phase center. The seventh chapter is dedicated to surveying with GPS. This chapter defines the terminology used and describes the planning of a GPS survey, surveying procedures, and in situ data processing. The eighth chapter covers mathematical models for positioning. Models for observed data are investigated. Therefore, models for point positioning and relative positioning, based on various data sets, are derived. The ninth chapter comprises the data processing and deals with the Sophisticated cycle slip detcction and repair technigue. This chapter also Includes the resolving of phase ambiguitics. The method of least sguares adjustment is assumcd to be known to the reader and, therpefore, only a brief review is included. Conseguently, no details arc given apart from the lincarization of the mathematical models, which are the input for the adjustment procedure. The tenth chapter links the GPS results to terrestrial data. The necessary transformations are given where the dimension of the space and the transformations are considered. The eleventh chapter treats software modules. The intent of this chapter is not to give a detailed description of existing software and how it works. | This chapter should help the reader decide which software would best suit his purposes. The very short sections of this chapter try to cover the variety of features which could be relevant to the software. The twelfth chapter describes some applications of GPS. Global, regional, and local uses are mentioned, as well as the installation of control networks. The compatibility of GPS with other systems, such as Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian eguivalent to GPS, is shown. The thirteenth chapter deals with the future of GPS. Both critical aspects, such as selective availability and anti-spoofing, are discussed, along with positive aspects such as the combination of GPS with GLONASS and the International Maritime Satellite Communication Organization (INMARSAT). Also, some pcssible improvemeats in the hardware and software technology are suggested. The hyphenation is based on Webster's Dictionary. Therefore, some devjations may appear for the reader accustomed ta another hyphenation system. For example, the word “measurement”, following Webster's Dictionary, is hyphenated mza-sure-ment, whereas, following The American Heritage Dictionary, the hyphenation is meas-ure-ment. The Webste:'s hyphenation system also contains kyphenations which are sometimes unusual for words with a foreign language origin. An example is the word “parameter”. Following Webster's Dictionary, the hyphenation is pa-ram-e-ter. The word has a Greek origin, and one would expect the hyphenation pa-ra-me-ter. Symbols representing a vector or a matrix are underlined. The inner product.of two vectors is indicated by a dot “.”. The outer product, cross product, or vector product is indicated by the symbol “x”. The norm of a vector, i.e., its length, is indicated by two double-bars “||”. Many persons deserve credit and thanks. Dr. Benjamin W. Remondi of the National Geodetic Survey at Rockville, Maryland, was a reviewer of the book. He has critically read and corrected the full volume. His many Suggestions and improvements, critical remarks and proposals are gratefully acknowledged. A second technical proofreading was performed by Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Kicnast from the section of Surveying and Landinformation of the University of Technology at Graz. He has helped us with constructive critigue and valuable suggestions. Nadine Collins kindly read and edited the book i in its final form, improving the flow and grammar of the text. The index of the book was produced using a computer program written by Dr. Walter Klostius from the section of Surveying and Landinformation of the University of Technology at Graz. Also, his program hciped in the detection of spelling errors. The book is compiled based on the text system LATEX. Some of the figures included were also developed with LATEX. The remaining figures are drawn by using Autocad 11.0. The section of Physical Geodesy of the Institute of Theoretical Geodesy of the University of Technology at Graz deserves the thanks for these figures. Dr. Norbert Kuhtreiber has drawn one of these figures, and the others were carefully developed by Dr. Konra4 Rautz. This shows that theoreticians are also well-suited for practical tasks. We are also grateful to the Springer Publishing Company for their advice - and cooperation. Finally, the indusion by name of a commercial company or product does not constitute an endorsement by the authors. In principle, such inclusions were avoided whenever possible. Only those names which played a fundamental role in receiver and processing development are included for historical purposes.

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526.64 HOF g

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New York : Springer-Vera Wien., 1992

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xi, 325 hlm.; 25 cm

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English

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3-211-82364-6

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526.64

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Astronomy

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