Principles of the global positioning system

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Master

In Maynard (USA)

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    Master

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    Maynard (USA)

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    Different dates available

The aim of this course is to introduce the principles of the Global Positioning System and to demonstrate its application to various aspects of Earth Sciences. The specific content of the course depends each year on the interests of the students in the class. In some cases, the class interests are towards the geophysical applications of GPS and we concentrate on high precision (millimeter level) positioning on regional and global scales. In other cases, the interests have been more toward engineering applications of kinematic positioning with GPS in which case the concentration is on positioning with slightly less accuracy but being able to do so for a moving object. In all cases, we concentrate on the fundamental issues so that students should gain an understanding of the basic limitations of the system and how to extend its application to areas not yet fully explored.

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Course programme

Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session


Hofmann-Wellenhof, B., H. Lichtenegger, and J. Collins. GPS Theory and Practice. Springer, 1994. ISBN: 9780387824772.


Parkinson, B. W., J. Spilker, et al. Global Positioning System: Theory and Applications. Vol. 1. American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast, 1996. ISBN: 9781563471063.


———. Global Positioning System: Theory and Applications. Vol. 2. American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast, 1996. ISBN: 9781563471070.


U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center Website


University NAVSTAR Consortium Website


SCIGN Data Portal Website


There will be homework once every few weeks. There will be no final, but there will be an end of semester paper on a topic of your choice. Grading will be from the homework (which will be largely the development of a GPS data analysis program) and the end of semester paper. The paper will be a review of an area related to the applications of GPS and will developed during the semester (i.e., the paper will be revised for content several times during semester).


It will be acceptable in this course to work together on homework with the aim of better understanding the material and to refer to other books and published material provided that these additional materials are cited appropriately in the homework. Each student should complete the homework separately. It is not acceptable to simply copy the homework of another student.


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