Global Navigation and Positioning Systems

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	548-0908/05
Abbreviation	GNPS
Course title	Global Navigation and Positioning Systems
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Michal Kačmařík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Satellite positioning and navigation.
Current Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) - GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou.
Factors influencing accuracy of positioning and timing.
Raw GNSS data collection.
Advanced techniques for positioning. Accuracy improvement in real-time and in post-processing mode.
Estimation of other unknown parameters (troposphere, ionosphere, multipath, etc.). GNSS meteorology.
Longterm monitoring of object position via GNSS. Elimination of systematic changes in coordinates in time.
GNSS applications.

E-learning

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

Literature

SUBIRANA, S., ZORNOZA, J., HERNANDÉZ-PAJARES, M.: GNSS DATA PROCESSING, Volume I: Fundamentals and Algorithms. European Space Agency, 2013. .
HOFMANN-WELLENHOF, B., LICHTENEGGER, H., WASLE, E.: GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite Systems GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and more, Wien, Springer, 2008, 546 pages, .
ZEKAVAT, S., BUEHRER, R.M.: Handbook of position location: theory, practice, and advances. Wiley-IEEE Press, 2012. IEEE series on mobile & digital communication. ISBN:978-0-470-94342-7.
DACH, R., LUTZ, S., WALSER, P., FRIDEZ, P.: Bernese GNSS Software, Version 5.2. University of Bern, 2015, 884 str. .

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.
MONTENBRUCK, O., STEIGENBERGER, P., HAUSCHILD, A. Comparing the ‘Big 4’ – A User’s View on GNSS Performance, 2020 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS), 2020.
NAVIPEDIA: https://gssc.esa.int/navipedia/, accessed January 23, 2020.

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