Online Courses Handbook 2003

10432 (v.2) Applications of GPS 682

Area:	Department of Spatial Sciences
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to a Postgraduate Spatial Science program.
Directed study and research. Global Positioning System (GPS) overview, reference frames and coordinate systems. GPS observation procedures - differential GPS, static GPS, kinematic GPS, fast static GPS, real time positioning. GPS data processing - error sources, network adjustments, integration of GPS and terrestrial data, coordinate transformations. Receiver types, hands on experience with each GPS survey method. Case study applications.