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Global Navigation and Positioning Systems

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Course Unit Code548-0048/05
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second 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
KAC072doc. Ing. Michal Kačmařík, Ph.D.
Summary
First part of lectures provides general overview of history of navigation and positioning to students, with focus to radio navigation systems. Next part of the lectures is dedicated to principles of satellite navigation and positioning and to existing satellite navigation and positioning systems GPS, GLONASS and Galileo. Attention is given to differential GNSS, augmentation systems (EGNOS, WAAS).
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
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.
Course Contents
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 precission of GNSS measurements at side of space and ground segment
8. Factors influencing precission of GNSS measurements at side of environment where signals propagate
9. Principles of differential techniques
10. Improving precission of position and time accurancy of GNSS without usage of differential techniques
11. Data formats for GNSS
12. Communication protocols for GNSS
13. GNSS receiver
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
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work, Terrain work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 (67)34
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination50 26
                Ústní zkouškaOral examination17 8