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Advanced Geodesy

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 544-0013/08
Abbreviation VG
Course title Advanced Geodesy
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jan Kostelecký, DrSc.

Osnova předmětu

Lecture Outline:
1. Basic parameters of the Earth’s ellipsoid and their interrelationships. Coordinate systems on a rotational Earth ellipsoid. Interrelationships between certain coordinate systems.
2. Basic concepts and relationships on a reference sphere. Solving spherical triangles by transferring to a substitute sphere.
3. Solving basic geodetic problems on a sphere. Solving basic geodetic problems on an ellipsoid.
4. Coordinate transformations in 3D.
5. Principles of the GNSS method. Systematic and random errors.
6. Processing of NAVSTAR GPS measurements. Methods for resolving ambiguities.
7. The International GNSS Service (IGS).
8. CZEPOS and EUREF-EPN.
9. Earth orientation parameters.
10. The origins of the ICRS and ITRS systems.
11. The European Terrestrial Reference System (ETRS).
12. The development of S-JTSK/95 and S-JTSK/05.
13. Basic concepts of physical geodesy. Gravitational field, formation of the quasi-geoid. Theory of heights.

Povinná literatura

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

Doporučená literatura

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.