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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Advanced Geodesy

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 544-0013/04
Abbreviation VG
Course title Advanced Geodesy
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jan Kostelecký, DrSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic parameters of the earth ellipsoid and their mutual relations. Coordinate systems on the Earth's rotational ellipsoid. Relations between coordinate systems on the ellipsoid.
2. Basic concepts and relations on the reference sphere. Solution of spherical triangles.
3. Solving fundamental geodetic problems. Solving the fundamental problems on Earth's elipsoid.
4. Coordinate systems in the Czech Republic.
5. Basic concepts of three-dimensional geodesy. Transformation of the coordinates.Spatial intersection.
6. Coordinate transformations (linear and spatial).
7. Global and continental coordinate systems.
8. Principles of GNSS technology.
9. Theory of heights.

Literature

KOSTELECKÝ J.: Přednášky „Vyšší geodézie“ ve formě „ppt“
VYKUTIL,J.: Vyšší geodézie, Kartografie Praha 1982
LEICK, A.: GPS, Satellite Surveying, John Wiley and sons, INC., 1994
Cimbálník M., Mervart L.: Vyšší geodézie 1 (Geometrická). Nakladatelství ČVUT v Praze, 2002 (skripta)
Cimbálník M., Zeman A., Kostelecký J.: Základy vyšší a fyzikální geodézie, vydalo nakladatelství ČVUT v Praze, 2008 (skripta)
Kostelecký J.: Globální polohové souřadnicové systémy, vydala Česká technika – nakladatelství ČVUT, 2019 (skripta)
PICK, Miloš. Advanced physical geodesy and gravimetry. Prague: Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, 2000. ISBN 80-7278-020-4 .
LEICK, A.: GPS, Satellite Surveying, John Wiley and sons, INC., 1994
BURŠA, M., KOSTELECKÝ, J.: Space Geodesy and Space Geodynamics, Praha 1999
VANÍČEK P., KRAKIWSKI E. J : Geodesy, The Concepts, Elsevier, 1986

Advised literature

BURŠA, M., KOSTELECKÝ, J.: Space Geodesy and Space Geodynamics, Praha 1999
MERVART,L.: Základy GPS, ČVUT Praha 1993
VANÍČEK P., KRAKIWSKI E. J : Geodesy, The Concepts, Elsevier, 1986
HOFMANN-WELLENHOF, B., LICHTENEGGER, H., WASLE, E.: GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Springer Verlag, 2008.
LEICK, Alfred, Lev Borisovič RAPOPORT a Dmitrij Vital‘jevič TATARNIKOV. GPS satellite surveying: for remote sensing, GIS and surveying. Fourth edition. Hoboken: Wiley, [2015]. ISBN 978-1-405-12172-9 .
SMITH, James Raymond. Introduction to geodesy: the history and concepts of modern geodesy. New York: Wiley, 1997. ISBN 04-711-6660-X 
GROVES, Paul D. Principles of GNSS, inertial, and multisensor integrated navigation systems. 2nd. Boston: Artech House, 2013, (Book, Whole).
KOTSAKIS, Christopher; CHATZIKONOS, Miltiadis. Terrestrial reference frames and their internal accuracy at coordinate system level. Journal of Geodesy. 2023, 97, 107. DOI: 10.1007/s00190-023-01801-6.
HAINES, Bruce et al. A Global Combination of Geodetic Techniques at the Observation Level: New Perspectives on the Terrestrial Reference Frame. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 2024. DOI: 10.1029/2024JB029527.