| Area: | Department of Spatial Sciences |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 8039 (v.6) Mathematics 274 or any previous version
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10424 (v.2) Coordinate and Mapping Systems 282 or any previous version
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| Co Requisite(s): | 10458 (v.2) Measurement and Adjustment Analysis 381 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | Principles of space and satellite geodesy. Kepler's laws - the celestial sphere, spherical trigonometry, definitions of celestial coordinate systems and their relationships with terrestrial coordinate systems. Time keeping - relationships between universal, sidereal and atomic time. Solar and stellar determinations of astronomic azimuth. Astronomic positioning using stars. Satellite-based positioning, especially the Global Positioning System (GPS). Description of signal structure and observables. GPS error sources and their avoidance. Mathematical models for absolute and relative static positioning. Characteristics of GPS instrumentation and data processing software. Theoretical and practical aspects of planning, execution and data analysis for static GPS surveys. GPS quality control. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - Had a basic introduction to positioning using traditional astronomical methods and the Global Positioning System (GPS). |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Exams 55%, Feildwork reports 45%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | |
