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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Positioning and Navigation Systems -- Navigation -- Wireless Positioning Systems -- Positioning Techniques -- Limits in the Accuracy of Wireless Positioning -- Innovative Positioning Techniques -- Further Reading -- Reference -- 2. Introduction to GPS -- Satellite-Based Systems -- GPS -- Surveying -- Location-Based Services -- Map Making -- Sports Data -- Uncertainty in GPS Positioning -- GNSSs Usage Patterns -- Nonpositioning Uses of GPS -- Estimating the Distance to a Golf Flagstick -- Receiver Specifics -- An Interesting Aside -- Further Reading -- References -- 3. Basic GPS Principles -- Clocks -- Ground Segment -- Space Segment -- User Segment -- GPS Services -- Performance of GPS -- GLONASS -- Galileo -- Referencing a Position -- Satellites in Orbit -- Navigation Signals -- Differential Positioning -- Relativity -- The Ionosphere and the Troposphere -- Ionospheric Scintillation -- Further Reading -- References |
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Note continued: 4. Signals From Satellites to Receiver -- GPS -- GPS Signal Structure -- Further Reading -- 5. GPS Modernization -- Frequency Plan -- Multiple Access -- Improved Pseudodistance Calculations -- GPS Receiver -- Reference -- 6. Signals From Satellites to Receiver -- Other Satellite Navigation Systems -- Galileo Signal Structure -- GLONASS -- Compass/BeiDou and Regional GPSSs -- 7. Solution of an Idealized Problem -- The Competition -- Solutions -- Solutions to Problem 1 -- Suggested Result -- Note on Problem Posed -- Problem 1 Methodology -- Solution to Problem 2 -- Reference -- 8. Sources of Inaccuracy -- Deliberate Interference With GPS Signals -- Degradation of Physical Equipment -- Other Vulnerabilities -- Inertial Navigation System -- Accuracy -- Errors and Error Corrections -- Ground Segment -- Space Segment -- User Segment -- Signal Propagation -- Ranging and Positioning -- GPS UERE Budgets -- Differential Positioning -- Further Reading -- Reference |
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Note continued: 9. Learning From Experience -- Studying Past Data -- Mitigating Risks -- Reducing Error Magnitudes When Surveying -- Reference -- 10. Error Distribution in Data -- Solutions -- Suggested Result -- Supplementary Result -- Problem 2 Methodology -- References -- 11. Improving Accuracy With GPS Augmentation -- Using Two GNSSs -- Other Augmentation Systems and Assisted GNSS -- References -- 12. GPS Disciplined Oscillators -- How a GPSDO Works -- GPSDO Performance -- Choosing Between a GPSDO and a Rubidium or Cesium Standard -- References |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 28, 2017) |
| Subject |
Global Positioning System -- Mathematics
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Uncertainty (Information theory)
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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Uncertainty (Information theory)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780128097878 |
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0128097876 |
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