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GIS and GNSS Field Works

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Course Unit Code548-0050/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
RAP30doc. Ing. Petr Rapant, CSc.
KAC072doc. Ing. Michal Kačmařík, Ph.D.
KUK064Ing. Pavel Kukuliač, Ph.D.
SVE0024doc. RNDr. Pavel Švec, Ph.D.
Summary
The course focuses on practical exercises of proceduress that the learners met in the context of theirs previous studies - mainly in Global Navigation Positioning Systems course. Student must meet specified goal of the field work, within the area of interests, with the means of theirs choice and within a specified time.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
An aim of a course is practise of procedures and methods of data collection by using GNSS receivers, that students met during the Global Navigation Positioning Systems course.
The student must demonstrate the ability to independently: prepare a mapping project in accordance with the specified criteria, to implement the field work for a specified area, to evaluate the results of field work and write a report on the mapping, to co-ordinate the process with other students within work group
Course Contents
Students get defined tasks and geodata which are nescessary to completet given tasks. A goal of students 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 with and fulfill given requirements,
- all required documentation is created.
3) To process all fieldwork outputs according to defined goal.

Field work is typiccaly realized at locality Kramolín near Dalešica dam. Students realize following two tasks:
1, topography mapping of forest communications near Kramolin using differential GNSS post-processing technique
2, topography and elevation mapping Dalešice dam crest using RTK GNSS technique
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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.
VOJTEK, D.: Globální navigační a polohové systémy, učební texty, VŠB-TUO, 2014, 357 stran.
LÁSKA, Z., TEŠNAR, M., SLABÝ, J., SUKUP, J.: Globální navigační satelitní systémy a jejich využití v praxi, Učební texty k semináři, VUT v Brně, 2010, 72 stran.
KAPLAN, E., HEGARTY, C.: Understanding GPS: Principles and Applications, Second Edition, Artech House Publishers, 2 edition, 2005, pages 726, ISBN-10: 1580538940.
VEŘTÁK, I.: Rádiové určení polohy, Plzeň, 2009, 80 stran.
Recommended Reading:
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.
KOSTELECKÝ, J.: Globální polohové souřadnicové systémy, ČVUT, Praha, 2019, 126 stran, ISBN: 978-80-01-06571-6.
RAPANT, P.: Družicové polohové systémy, VŠB-TUO, Ostrava, 2002, 202 stran, ISBN: 80-248-0124-8.
KOSTELECKÝ, J., KLOKOČNÍK, J., KOSTELECKÝ, J.: Kosmická geodézie, ČVUT, Praha, 2008, 228 stran.
AWANGE, J. L.: Environmental monitoring using GNSS, Springer, Berlin, 2012, ISBN: 978-3-540-88255-8.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Project work, Terrain work, Field data collection
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluationCredit85 85