Geos.700 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (3 CH)
Understanding GPS, utilizing GPS, basic steps involved in collection of GPS data, developing a GPS project, GPS segments, GPS satellite generations, GPS positioning modes (point positioning, relative positioning, static surveying) global navigation satellite system, GPS receivers, broadcast signals, geocaching, way marking, time reference, applications (military, civilian), global navigation satellite system (GNSS), geodetic system, differential global positioning system (DGPS), geodetic software (data transfer, GPS configuration, configuration toolbox, win flash, autoteque), data analysis, GPS setup, applications of GPS geodesy.
Books Recommended:
- Introduction to GPS: the Global Positioning System by Ahmad El-Rabbani., 2002. Artech House, Inc. Norwood, MA.
- Global Positioning System: A Field Guide for the Social Siences by John Spencer, Brian,
- G. Frizzelle, Philip, H. Page, John B. Vogler., 2003, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- The Global Positioning System & Inertial Navigation by Farrell, J.A. and Barth, M.,1998. McGraw Hill Companies Inc.