Online Courses Handbook 2003

302313 (v.1) GPS Surveying 482

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
Prerequisite(s):	10464 (v.2) Physical Geodesy 481 or any previous version
GPS mathematical models. Mechanics of GPS data processing: point positioning, differential positioning, wide area differential GPS positioning, carrier phase positioning. Data snooping, error analysis and ambiguity resolution. GPS error sources - multipath, interference and jamming, atmosphere. GPS broadcast ephemeris computation. Static, fast-static and kinematic solutions. Options for real time kinematic survey configuration and quality control. Includes a field project based on real time kinematic GPS.