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.

Subject syllabus

Syllabus
1. Basic parameters of the earth ellipsoid and their mutual relations.
2. Coordinate systems on the Earth's rotational ellipsoid.
3. Relations between coordinate systems on the ellipsoid.
4. Basic concepts and relations on the reference sphere. Solution of spherical triangles.
5. Solving fundamental geodetic problems on the sphere.
6. Solving the fundamental problems on Earth's elipsoid.
7. Basic concepts of three-dimensional geodesy. Coordinate transformations.
8. Fundamental methods of Space geodesy for determination of coordinate systems
9. Earth’s Orientation Parameters.
10. Basics of GNSS technology.
11. Global coordinate system ICRS
12. Global coordinate system ITRS
13. Theory of heights.

Literature

PICK, Miloš. Advanced physical geodesy and gravimetry. Prague: Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, 2000. .
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

LEICK, Alfred, Lev Borisovič RAPOPORT a Dmitrij Vital‘jevič TATARNIKOV. GPS satellite surveying: for remote sensing, GIS and surveying. Fourth edition. Hoboken: Wiley, [2015]. .
HOFMANN-WELLENHOF, B., LICHTENEGGER, H., WASLE, E.: GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Springer Verlag, 2008.
SMITH, James Raymond. Introduction to geodesy: the history and concepts of modern geodesy. New York: Wiley, 1997.
GROVES, Paul D. Principles of GNSS, inertial, and multisensor integrated navigation systems. 2nd. Boston: Artech House, 2013, (Book, Whole).

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