Global Positioning System : Theory and Practice /

This new edition accommodates the most recent advances in GPS technology. Updated or new information has been included although the overall structure essentially conforms to the former editions. The textbook explains in comprehensive manner the concepts of GPS as well as the latest applications in s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hofmann-Wellenhof, B.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lichtenegger, Herbert, Collins, James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint : Springer, 2001.
Edition:Fifth, rev. edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This new edition accommodates the most recent advances in GPS technology. Updated or new information has been included although the overall structure essentially conforms to the former editions. The textbook explains in comprehensive manner the concepts of GPS as well as the latest applications in surveying and navigation. Description of project planning, observation, and data processing is provided for novice GPS users. Special emphasis is put on the modernization of GPS covering the new signal structure and improvements in the space and the control segment. Furthermore, the augmentation of GPS by satellite-based and ground-based systems leading to future Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) is discussed.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXII, 382 pages 45 illustrations)
ISBN:9783709161999 (electronic bk.)
3709161991 (electronic bk.)