Area: | Department of Spatial Sciences |
Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
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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| 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. |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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