This resource offers professionals, students and recreational users of GPS a clear non-mathematical explanation of how GPS works and its wide range of applications. It addresses all aspects of the GPS, examines the GPS signal structure and covers the key types of measurement being utilized in the field today.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Artech House
ISBN-10
1580531830
ISBN-13
9781580531832
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2204280
Product Key Features
Book Title
Engineer's Guide to GPS : the Global Positioning System
Author
Ahmed El-Rabbany
Format
Hardcover / eBook
Language
English
Topic
Navigation, Telecommunications
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Transportation
Number of Pages
218 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
G109.5.E6 2002
Table of Content
Introduction ? Overview of GPS. GPS Segments. GPS Satellite Generations. Current GPS Constellation Status. Control Sites. GPS: the Basic Idea. GPS Positioning Service. GPS Details ? GPS Signal Structure. GPS Modernization. GPS Receiver Types. Time Systems. Pseudorange Measurements. Carrier Phase Measurements. Cycle Slips. Linear Combinations of GPS Observables. GPS Errors and Biases - Classifications of GPS Errors and Biases. GPS Ephemeris Errors. Selective Availability. Satellite and Receiver Clock Errors. Multipath Error. Antenna Phase Center Variations. Receiver Measurements Noise. Ionospheric Delay. Tropospheric Delay. Satellite Geometry Measures. GPS Mission Planning. Datums, Coordinate Systems and Map Projections - What is a Datum? Geodetic Coordinate System. Conventional Terrestrial Reference System (CTRS). The World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS 84) System. What Coordinates are Obtained with GPS? Datum Transformations. Map Projections. Transverse Mercator Projection. Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM). Modified Transverse Mercator (MTM). Lambert Conical Projection. Stereographic Double Projection. Marine Nautical Charts: ECDIS. Local Arbitrary Mapping Systems. Height Systems. GPS Positioning Modes ? GPS Point Positioning. GPS Relative Positioning. Static GPS Surveying. Fast (Rapid) Static GPS Surveying. Stop & Go GPS Surveying. Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS. Real-Time Differential GPS (DGPS). Real-Time vs. Postprocessing. Communication (Radio) Link. Ambiguity Resolution Techniques ? Ambiguity Resolution Techniques. Antenna Swap Method. On-the-Fly (OTF) Ambiguity Resolution. GPS DATA and Correction Services ? IGS Service. DGPS/Radiobeacon Systems. Wide Area DGPS Service. FM Sub-Carrier DGPS Service. GPS Standard Formats ? RINEX Format. RTCM SC-104 Standards for DGPS Services. NMEA 0183 Format. GPS Integration ? GPS/GIS Integration. GPS/LRF Integration. GPS/INS Integration. GPS/Dead Reckoning Integration. GPS/Pseudolite Integration. GPS/Cellular Integration. GPS Applications ? GPS for Utility Industry. GPS for Forestry and Natural Resources. GPS for Precision Farming. GPS for Civil Engineering Applications. GPS for Monitoring Structural Deformations. GPS for Mining Surveying. GPS for Land Seismic Surveying. GPS for Marine Seismic Surveying. Airborne GPS for Topographic Mapping. GPS for Cadastral Surveying. GPS for Vehicle Navigation. GPS for Transit Systems. GPS for Retail Industry. GPS Waypoint Navigation ""GPS Stake Out"". Other Satellite Navigation Systems ? GLONASS System. European Satellite Navigation System (GALILEO). Chinese Satellite Navigation System. Integration of Satellite Systems. Regional and Local Augmentations. Appendix: GPS Accuracy Measures.
Copyright Date
2001
Lccn
2001-055249
Dewey Decimal
910/.285
Series
Mobile Communications Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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