GPS Satellite Surveying, 4th Edition

GPS Satellite Surveying, 4th Edition

by Alfred Leick, Lev Rapoport, Dmitry Tatarnikov
Released March 2015
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781118675571

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Book description

Employ the latest satellite positioning tech with this extensive guide

GPS Satellite Surveying is the classic text on the subject, providing the most comprehensive coverage of global navigation satellite systems applications for surveying. Fully updated and expanded to reflect the field's latest developments, this new edition contains new information on GNSS antennas, Precise Point Positioning, Real-time Relative Positioning, Lattice Reduction, and much more. New contributors offer additional insight that greatly expands the book's reach, providing readers with complete, in-depth coverage of geodetic surveying using satellite technologies. The newest, most cutting-edge tools, technologies, and applications are explored in-depth to help readers stay up to date on best practices and preferred methods, giving them the understanding they need to consistently produce more reliable measurement.

Global navigation satellite systems have an array of uses in military, civilian, and commercial applications. In surveying, GNSS receivers are used to position survey markers, buildings, and road construction as accurately as possible with less room for human error. GPS Satellite Surveying provides complete guidance toward the practical aspects of the field, helping readers to:

  • Get up to speed on the latest GPS/GNSS developments
  • Understand how satellite technology is applied to surveying
  • Examine in-depth information on adjustments and geodesy
  • Learn the fundamentals of positioning, lattice adjustment, antennas, and more

The surveying field has seen quite an evolution of technology in the decade since the last edition's publication. This new edition covers it all, bringing the reader deep inside the latest tools and techniques being used on the job. Surveyors, engineers, geologists, and anyone looking to employ satellite positioning will find GPS Satellite Surveying to be of significant assistance.

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Preface
    1. Author Biographies
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Abbreviations
    1. Commonly Used GNSS Abbreviations
  6. Chapter 1: Introduction
  7. Chapter 2: Least-Squares Adjustments
    1. 2.1 Elementary Considerations
    2. 2.2 Stochastic and Mathematical Models
    3. 2.3 Mixed Model
    4. 2.4 Sequential Mixed Model
    5. 2.5 Model Specifications
    6. 2.6 Minimal and Inner Constraints
    7. 2.7 Statistics in Least-Squares Adjustment
    8. 2.8 Reliability
    9. 2.9 Blunder Detection
    10. 2.10 Examples
    11. 2.11 Kalman Filtering
  8. Chapter 3: Recursive Least Squares
    1. 3.1 Static Parameter
    2. 3.2 Static Parameters and Arbitrary Time-Varying Variables
    3. 3.3 Dynamic Constraints
    4. 3.4 Static Parameters and Dynamic Constraints
    5. 3.5 Static Parameter, Parameters Subject to Dynamic Constraints, and Arbitrary Time-Varying Parameters
  9. Chapter 4: Geodesy
    1. 4.1 International Terrestrial Reference Frame
    2. 4.2 International Celestial Reference System
    3. 4.3 Datum
    4. 4.4 3D Geodetic Model
    5. 4.5 Ellipsoidal Model
    6. 4.6 Conformal Mapping Model
    7. 4.7 Summary
  10. Chapter 5: Satellite Systems
    1. 5.1 Motion of Satellites
    2. 5.2 Global Positioning System
    3. 5.3 GLONASS
    4. 5.4 Galileo
    5. 5.5 QZSS
    6. 5.6 Beidou
    7. 5.7 IRNSS
    8. 5.8 SBAS: WAAS, EGNOS, GAGAN, MSAS, and SDCM
  11. Chapter 6: GNSS Positioning Approaches
    1. 6.1 Observables
    2. 6.2 Operational Details
    3. 6.3 Navigation Solution
    4. 6.4 Relative Positioning
    5. 6.5 Ambiguity Fixing
    6. 6.6 Network-Supported Positioning
    7. 6.7 Triple-Frequency Solutions
    8. 6.8 Summary
  12. Chapter 7: Real-Time Kinematics Relative Positioning
    1. 7.1 Multisystem Considerations
    2. 7.2 Undifferenced and Across-Receiver Difference Observations
    3. 7.3 Linearization and Hardware Bias Parameterization
    4. 7.4 RTK Algorithm for Static and Short Baselines
    5. 7.5 RTK Algorithm for Kinematic Rovers and Short Baselines
    6. 7.6 RTK Algorithm with Dynamic Model and Short Baselines
    7. 7.7 RTK Algorithm with Dynamic Model and Long Baselines
    8. 7.8 RTK Algorithms with Changing Number of Signals
    9. 7.9 Cycle Slip Detection and Isolation
    10. 7.10 Across-Receiver Ambiguity Fixing
    11. 7.11 Software Implementation
  13. Chapter 8: Troposphere and Ionosphere
    1. 8.1 Overview
    2. 8.2 Tropospheric Refraction and Delay
    3. 8.3 Troposphere Absorption
    4. 8.4 Ionospheric Refraction
  14. Chapter 9: GNSS Receiver Antennas
    1. 9.1 Elements of Electromagnetic Fields and Electromagnetic Waves
    2. 9.2 Antenna Pattern and Gain
    3. 9.3 Phase Center
    4. 9.4 Diffraction and Multipath
    5. 9.5 Transmission Lines
    6. 9.6 Signal-to-Noise Ratio
    7. 9.7 Antenna Types
  15. Appendix A: General Background
    1. A.1 Spherical Trigonometry
    2. A.2 Rotation Matrices
    3. A.3 Linear Algebra
    4. A.4 Linearization
    5. A.5 Statistics
  16. Appendix B: The Ellipsoid
    1. B.1 Geodetic Latitude, Longitude, and Height
    2. B.2 Computation on the Ellipsoidal Surface
  17. Appendix C: Conformal Mapping
    1. C.1 Conformal Mapping of Planes
    2. C.2 Conformal Mapping of General Surfaces
    3. C.3 Isometric Plane
    4. C.4 Popular Conformal Mappings
  18. Appendix D: Vector Calculus and Delta Function
  19. Appendix E: Electromagnetic Field Generated by Arbitrary Sources, Magnetic Currents, Boundary Conditions, and Images
  20. Appendix F: Diffraction over Half-Plane
  21. Appendix G: Single Cavity Mode Approximation with Patch Antenna Analysis
  22. Appendix H: Patch Antennas with Artificial Dielectric Substrates
  23. Appendix I: Convex Patch Array Geodetic Antenna
  24. References
  25. Author Index
  26. Subject Index
  27. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: GPS Satellite Surveying, 4th Edition
  • Author(s): Alfred Leick, Lev Rapoport, Dmitry Tatarnikov
  • Release date: March 2015
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781118675571