Global Navigation and Positioning Systems

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	548-0048/04
Abbreviation	GNPS
Course title	Global Navigation and Positioning Systems
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Michal Kačmařík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. History and present of navigation and positioning
2. Principle of position determination via GNSS
3. GNSS architecture and its key parts
4. Navstar GPS
5. GLONASS
6. Galileo
7. Factors influencing precision of GNSS measurements at side of space and ground segment
8. Factors influencing precision of GNSS measurements at side of environment where signals propagate
9. Principles of differential techniques
10. Improving precision of position and time accuracy of GNSS without usage of differential techniques
11. Data formats for GNSS
12. Communication protocols for GNSS
13. GNSS receiver

E-learning

https://geoinformatika-1.vsb.cz/

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, .
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, .

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.

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