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Terminated in academic year 2006/2007

Global Navigation and Positioning Systems

Type of study -
Language of instruction Czech
Code 548-0048/01
Abbreviation GNPS
Course title Global Navigation and Positioning Systems
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator Fiktivní Uživatel

Course aims

The aim of the subject is to teach students how to use a GNSS receivers, use them to compelete various tasks, to design terrain measurements and mapping campaign.

Literature

KAPLAN, E., HEGARTY, C.: Understanding GPS: Principles and Applications, Second Edition, Artech House Publishers, 2 edition, 2005, 726 pages, ISBN-10: 1580538940.
HOFMANN-WELLENHOF, B., LICHTENEGGER, H., WASLE, E.: GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite Systems GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and more, Wien, Springer, 2008, 546 pages, ISBN: 9783211730126 .
EL-RABBANY, E.: Introduction to GPS: The Global Positioning System. Artech House, Inc, 2002. 176 pages.
MOHINDER, S.G., LAWREMCE, R.W., ANGUS, P.A.: Global Positioning Systems, Inertial Navigation, and Integration, John Wiley & Sons, 2001, 382 pages, ISBN: 9780471350323 .

Advised literature

AWANGE, J. L.: Environmental monitoring using GNSS, Springer, Berlin, 2012, ISBN:978-3-540-88255-8.
BOEHM, J., SCHUH, H.: Atmospheric Effects in Space Geodesy, Springer, Berlin, 2013, 234 pages, ISBN:978-3-642-36931-5.
NAVIPEDIA: https://gssc.esa.int/navipedia/, accessed January 23, 2020.
RTCM The Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services: http://www.rtcm.org/, accessed January 23, 2020.