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Global Positioning System

Theory and Practice

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  1. Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof

    1. Abteilung für Positionierung und Navigation, Technische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria

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  2. Herbert Lichtenegger

    1. Abteilung für Positionierung und Navigation, Technische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria

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  3. James Collins

    1. GPS Services, Inc., Rockville, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 1-10

  3. Overview of GPS

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 11-26

  4. Reference systems

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 27-40

  5. Satellite orbits

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 41-72

  6. Satellite signal

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 73-87

  7. Observables

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 89-130

  8. Surveying with GPS

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 131-180

  9. Mathematical models for positioning

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 181-200

  10. Data processing

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 201-280

  11. Transformation of GPS results

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 281-309

  12. Software modules

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 311-320

  13. Applications of GPS

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 321-343

  14. Future of GPS

    • Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins
    Pages 345-351

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 353-391
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About this book

This book is dedicated to Dr. Benjamin William Remondi for many reasons. The project of writing a Global Positioning System (GPS) book was con­ ceived in April 1988 at a GPS meeting in Darmstadt, Germany. Dr. Remondi discussed with me the need for an additional GPS textbook and suggested a possible joint effort. In 1989, I was willing to commit myself to such a project. Unfortunately, the timing was less than ideal for Dr. Remondi. Therefore, I decided to start the project with other coauthors. Dr. Remondi agreed and indicated his willingness to be a reviewer. I selected Dr. Herbert Lichtenegger, my colleague from the Technical University Graz, Austria, and Dr. James Collins from Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A. In my opinion, the knowledge of the three authors should cover the wide spectrum of GPS. Dr. Lichtenegger is a geodesist with broad experience in both theory and practice. He has specialized his research to geodetic astron­ omy including orbital theory and geodynamical phenomena. Since 1986, Dr. Lichtenegger's main interest is dedicated to GPS. Dr. Collins retired from the U.S. National Geodetic Survey in 1980, where he was the Deputy Director. For the past ten years, he has been deeply involved in using GPS technology with an emphasis on surveying. Dr. Collins was the founder and president of Geo/Hydro Inc. My own background is theoretically oriented. My first chief, Prof. Dr. Peter Meissl, was an excellent theoretician; and my former chief, Prof. Dr.mult. Helmut Moritz, fortunately, still is.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Abteilung für Positionierung und Navigation, Technische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria

    Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger

  • GPS Services, Inc., Rockville, USA

    James Collins

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