12.540 Principles of the Global Positioning System, Spring 2003

The aim of this course is to introduce the principles of the Global Positioning System and to demonstrate its application to various aspects of Earth Sciences. The specific content of the course depends each year on the interests of the students in the class. In some cases, the class interests are t...

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Main Author: Herring, T. (Thomas)
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Published: 2003
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description The aim of this course is to introduce the principles of the Global Positioning System and to demonstrate its application to various aspects of Earth Sciences. The specific content of the course depends each year on the interests of the students in the class. In some cases, the class interests are towards the geophysical applications of GPS and we concentrate on high precision(millimeter level) positioning on regional and global scales. In other cases, the interests have been more toward engineering applications of kinematic positioning with GPS in which case the concentration is on positioning with slightly less accuracy but being able to do so for a moving object. In all cases, we concentrate on the fundamental issues so that students should gain an understanding of the basic limitations of the system and how to extend its application to areas not yet fully explored.
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spelling mit-1721.1/455552019-09-13T01:16:24Z 12.540 Principles of the Global Positioning System, Spring 2003 Principles of the Global Positioning System Herring, T. (Thomas) Global Positioning System Earth Sciences geophysical applications GPS engineering applications kinematic positioning precision accuracy moving objects coordinate time systems satellite geodetic orbital motions pseudo ranges carrier phases stochastic mathematics models data analysis estimation Global Positioning System The aim of this course is to introduce the principles of the Global Positioning System and to demonstrate its application to various aspects of Earth Sciences. The specific content of the course depends each year on the interests of the students in the class. In some cases, the class interests are towards the geophysical applications of GPS and we concentrate on high precision(millimeter level) positioning on regional and global scales. In other cases, the interests have been more toward engineering applications of kinematic positioning with GPS in which case the concentration is on positioning with slightly less accuracy but being able to do so for a moving object. In all cases, we concentrate on the fundamental issues so that students should gain an understanding of the basic limitations of the system and how to extend its application to areas not yet fully explored. 2003-06 12.540-Spring2003 local: 12.540 local: IMSCP-MD5-e5e8cea099ec83933dae5ce0d065c6b2 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45555 en-US Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license"). The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. text/html Spring 2003
spellingShingle Global Positioning System
Earth Sciences
geophysical applications
GPS
engineering applications
kinematic positioning
precision
accuracy
moving objects
coordinate
time
systems
satellite
geodetic
orbital
motions
pseudo ranges
carrier phases
stochastic
mathematics
models
data
analysis
estimation
Global Positioning System
Herring, T. (Thomas)
12.540 Principles of the Global Positioning System, Spring 2003
title 12.540 Principles of the Global Positioning System, Spring 2003
title_full 12.540 Principles of the Global Positioning System, Spring 2003
title_fullStr 12.540 Principles of the Global Positioning System, Spring 2003
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title_short 12.540 Principles of the Global Positioning System, Spring 2003
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topic Global Positioning System
Earth Sciences
geophysical applications
GPS
engineering applications
kinematic positioning
precision
accuracy
moving objects
coordinate
time
systems
satellite
geodetic
orbital
motions
pseudo ranges
carrier phases
stochastic
mathematics
models
data
analysis
estimation
Global Positioning System
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