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GIS and GNSS Field Works

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 548-0050/02
Abbreviation TCGIS
Course title GIS and GNSS Field Works
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Michal Kačmařík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

A learners get a defined task and geodata which are nescessary to completet the task. A goal of the learners is to finish task in defined time by using their knowledge.
1) To prepare project - basemap data, mapping project, mapping equipment.
2) To accomplish a field work so that:
- all objectives are covered,
- all required documentation is created.
3) To process all fieldwork outputs according to defined goal.

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.