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Introduction to GPS : The Global Positioning System

by El-Rabbany, Ahmed

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2nd

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9781596930162

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1596930160

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Hardcover

Pub. Date:

9/1/2006

Publisher(s):

Artech House

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This thoroughly revised edition of the Artech House bestseller, Introduction to GPS: the Global Position System offers professionals and students an up-to-date, easy-to-understand treatment of this tremendously important technology. the second edition includes a wealth of brand new material, including a chapter on GPS satellite orbit and new coverage of today's hottest issues, such as precise point positioning and location based services. Without bogging readers down with advanced mathematics, the book addresses all aspects of the GPS, emphasizes GPS applications, examines the GPS signal structure, and covers the key types of measurement being utilized in the field today.

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xiv

1 Introduction to GPS

(12)

1.1 Overview of GPS

(1)

1.2 GPS Segments

(1)

1.3 GPS Satellite Generations

(2)

1.4 Current GPS Satellite Constellation

(1)

1.5 Control Sites

(1)

1.6 GPS: The Basic Idea

(2)

1.7 GPS Levels of Service

(1)

1.8 Why Use GPS?

(1)

References

(2)

2 GPS Details

(16)

2.1 GPS Signal Structure

(3)

2.2 GPS Modernization

(2)

2.3 GPS Receiver Types

(2)

2.4 Time Systems

(1)

2.5 Pseudorange Measurements

(1)

2.6 Carrier Phase Measurements

(2)

2.7 Doppler Measurements

(1)

2.8 Cycle Slips

(1)

2.9 Linear Combinations of GPS Observables

(1)

References

(2)

3 GPS Satellite Orbit

(14)

3.1 Motion of Space Objects

(3)

3.2 Types of Orbits

(1)

3.3 Ideal (Keplerian) Satellite Orbit

(2)

3.4 Perturbed Satellite Orbit

(1)

3.5 GPS Broadcast Orbit

(3)

3.6 GPS Almanac

(1)

3.7 Satellite Visibility

(2)

References

(1)

4 GPS Errors and Biases

(22)

4.1 GPS Ephemeris Errors

(1)

4.2 Selective Availability

(2)

4.3 Satellite and Receiver Clock Errors

(1)

4.4 Multipath Error

(1)

4.5 Antenna Phase Center Variation

(1)

4.6 Receiver Measurement Noise

(1)

4.7 Ionospheric Delay

(4)

4.8 Tropospheric Delay

(1)

4.9 Other Errors and Biases

(1)

4.10 Satellite Geometry Measures

(3)

4.11 User Equivalent Range Error

(1)

References

(4)

5 GPS Positioning Modes

(18)

5.1 GPS Point Positioning: The Classical Approach

(2)

5.2 GPS PPP

(2)

5.3 GPS Relative Positioning

(1)

5.4 Static GPS Surveying

(2)

5.5 Fast (Rapid) Static

(1)

5.6 Stop-and-Go GPS Surveying

(2)

5.7 RTK GPS

(1)

5.8 Real-Time Differential GPS

(2)

5.9 Real Time Versus Postprocessing

(1)

5.10 Communication (Radio) Link

(2)

References

(1)

6 Ambiguity Resolution Techniques

(6)

6.1 Antenna Swap Method

(1)

6.2 OTF Ambiguity Resolution

(2)

References

(1)

7 GPS Data, Products, and Correction Services

(14)

7.1 GPS Data and Product Services

(2)

7.2 Maritime DGPS Service

(2)

7.3 WADGPS Systems

(3)

7.4 Multisite RTK System

(1)

References

(4)

8 GPS Standard Formats

103

(20)

8.1 RINEX Format

104

(5)

8.2 SP3 Format

109

(3)

8.3 RTCM SC-104 Standards for DGPS Services

112

(6)

8.4 NMEA 0183 Format

118

(3)

References

121

(2)

9 GPS Integration

123

(16)

9.1 GPS/Loran-C Integration

123

(4)

9.2 GPS/LRF Integration

127

(1)

9.3 GPS/Dead Reckoning Integration

128

(2)

9.4 GPS/INS Integration

130

(2)

9.5 GPS/Pseudolite Integration

132

(2)

9.6 GPS/Cellular Integration

134

(2)

References

136

(3)

10 GPS Applications

139

(24)

10.1 GPS for the Utility Industry

139

(2)

10.2 GPS for Forestry and Natural Resource

141

(1)

10.3 GPS for Precision Farming

142

(2)

10.4 GPS for Civil Engineering Applications

144

(1)

10.5 GPS for Monitoring Structural Deformations

145

(1)

10.6 GPS for Open-Pit Mining

146

(2)

10.7 GPS for Land Seismic Surveying

148

(1)

10.8 GPS for Marine Seismic Surveying

149

(2)

10.9 GPS for Airborne Mapping

151

(1)

10.10 GPS for Seafloor Mapping

152

(2)

10.11 GPS for Vehicle Navigation

154

(2)

10.12 GPS for Transit Systems

156

(1)

10.13 GPS for the Retail Industry

157

(2)

10.14 GPS for Cadastral Surveying

159

(1)

10.15 Waypoint Navigation (GPS Stakeout)

160

(1)

References

161

(2)

11 Other Satellite Navigation Systems

163

(12)

11.1 The GLONASS System

163

(4)

11.2 Galileo—The European Global Satellite Navigation System

167

(3)

11.3 Chinese Regional Satellite Navigation System (Beidou System)

170

(2)

11.4 The Japanese QZSS Satellite Navigation System

172

(1)

References

173

(2)

Appendix A: Geodetic Principles—Datums, Coordinate Systems, and Map Projections

175

(20)

A.1 What Is a Datum?

175

(2)

A.2 Geodetic Coordinate System

177

(4)

A.2.1 Conventional Terrestrial Reference System

179

(1)

A.2.2 The WGS 84 and NAD 83 Systems

180

(1)

A.3 What Coordinates Are Obtained with GPS?

181

(1)

A.4 Datum Transformations

182

(1)

A.5 Map Projections

183

(7)

A.5.1 Transverse Mercator Projection

184

(1)

A.5.2 Universal Transverse Mercator

185

(2)

A.5.3 Modified Transverse Mercator

187

(1)

A.5.4 Lambert Conical Projection

188

(1)

A.5.5 Stereographic Double Projection

189

(1)

A.6 Local Arbitrary Mapping Systems

190

(1)

A.7 Height Systems

191

(2)

References

193

(2)

Appendix B: GPS Accuracy and Precision Measures

195

(2)

Reference

196

(1)

Appendix C: Useful Web Sites

197

(4)

C.1 GPS/Glonass/Galileo Information and Data

197

(2)

C.2 Some GPS Manufacturers

199

(2)

About the Author

201

(2)

Index

203

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