Introduction to GPS : the Global Positioning System / Ahmed El-Rabbany.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

El-Rabbany, Ahmed.

Series:

Artech House mobile communications series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global Positioning System.

Physical Description:

xv, 176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Artech House, [2002]

Summary:

This one-of-a-kind resource offers professionals and students an up-to-date, easy-to-understand treatment of the GPS without bogging them down with advanced mathematics.

Contents:

1.2 GPS segments 2

1.3 GPS satellite generations 4

1.4 Current GPS satellite constellation 5

1.5 Control sites 6

1.6 GPS: The basic idea 8

1.7 GPS positioning service 9

1.8 Why use GPS? 10

2 GPS Details 13

2.1 GPS signal structure 13

2.2 GPS modernization 15

2.3 Types of GPS receivers 16

2.4 Time systems 18

2.5 Pseudorange measurements 19

2.6 Carrier-phase measurements 21

2.7 Cycle slips 22

2.8 Linear combinations of GPS observables 23

3 GPS Errors and Biases 27

3.1 GPS ephemeris errors 28

3.2 Selective availability 29

3.3 Satellite and receiver clock errors 31

3.4 Multipath error 32

3.5 Antenna-phase-center variation 34

3.6 Receiver measurement noise 35

3.7 Ionospheric delay 36

3.8 Tropospheric delay 38

3.9 Satellite geometry measures 39

3.10 GPS mission planning 42

3.11 User equivalent range error 44

4 Datums, Coordinate Systems, and Map Projections 47

4.1 What is a datum? 48

4.2 Geodetic coordinate system 49

4.2.1 Conventional Terrestrial Reference System 50

4.2.2 The WGS 84 and NAD 83 systems 52

4.3 What coordinates are obtained with GPS? 53

4.4 Datum transformations 53

4.5 Map projections 55

4.5.1 Transverse Mercator projection 56

4.5.2 Universal transverse Mercator projection 57

4.5.3 Modified transverse Mercator projection 59

4.5.4 Lambert conical projection 60

4.5.5 Stereographic double projection 61

4.6 Marine nautical charts 62

4.7 Local arbitrary mapping systems 64

4.8 Height systems 65

5 GPS Positioning Modes 69

5.1 GPS point positioning 70

5.2 GPS relative positioning 71

5.3 Static GPS surveying 72

5.4 Fast (rapid) static 74

5.5 Stop-and-go GPS surveying 75

5.6 RTK GPS 77

5.7 Real-time differential GPS 78

5.8 Real time versus postprocessing 80

5.9 Communication (radio) link 81

6 Ambiguity-Resolution Techniques 85

6.1 Antenna swap method 87

6.2 On-the-fly ambiguity resolution 88

7 GPS Data and Correction Services 91

7.1 Data service 92

7.2 DGPS radio beacon systems 94

7.3 Wide-area DGPS systems 95

7.4 Multisite RTK system 98

8 GPS Standard Formats 101

8.1 RINEX format 101

8.2 NGS-SP3 format 105

8.3 RTCM SC-104 standards for DGPS services 108

8.4 NMEA 0183 format 112

9 GPS Integration 117

9.1 GPS/GIS integration 117

9.2 GPS/LRF integration 118

9.3 GPS/dead reckoning integration 120

9.4 GPS/INS integration 121

9.5 GPS/pseudolite integration 123

9.6 GPS/cellular integration 125

10 GPS Applications 129

10.1 GPS for the utilities industry 129

10.2 GPS for forestry and natural resources 131

10.3 GPS for precision farming 132

10.4 GPS for civil engineering applications 133

10.5 GPS for monitoring structural deformations 134

10.6 GPS for open-pit mining 135

10.7 GPS for land seismic surveying 138

10.8 GPS for marine seismic surveying 139

10.9 GPS for airborne mapping 140

10.10 GPS for seafloor mapping 142

10.11 GPS for vehicle navigation 144

10.12 GPS for transit systems 146

10.13 GPS for the retail industry 147

10.14 GPS for cadastral surveying 149

10.15 GPS stakeout (waypoint navigation) 150

11 Other Satellite Navigation Systems 155

11.1 GLONASS satellite system 155

11.2 Chinese regional satellite navigation system (Beidou system) 157

11.3 Regional augmentations 157

11.4 Future European global satellite navigation system (Galileo system) 158

Appendix A GPS Accuracy and Precision Measures 161

B.1 GPS/GLONASS/Galileo information and data 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1580531830

OCLC:

48256120