Understanding GPS
Principles and Applications
Published on 21. February 1996
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-89006-793-2 (ISBN)
Description
Intended for technical professional and working engineers, with a minimum of senior undergraduate background, this is a complete guide to understanding and utilizing today's Global Positioning System, a satellite navigation system providing accurate, contiunous, worldwide, three-dimensional position and velocity data. Fifteen expert authors cover all aspects og GPS, from the fundamentals and benefits of satellite navigation systems, to future projections for GPS markets and applications in air, land and marine navigation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Norwood
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
1, black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
916 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89006-793-2 (9780890067932)
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Book
12/2006
2nd Edition
Artech House Publishers
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Person
Elliott Kaplan is a senior member of the technical staff at MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA. He earned his B.S.E.E. from the Polytechnic Institute of New York and his M.S.E.E. from Northeastern University.
Content
Introduction. Fundamentals of Satellite Navigation. GPS System Segments. GPS Satellite Signal Characteristics. Satellite Signal Acquisition and Tracking. Effects of RF Interference on GPS Satellite Signal Receiver Tracking. Performance of Standalone GPS. Differential GPS. Integration of GPS with Other Sensors. The Russian GLONASS System. INMARSAT Civil Navigation Satellite Overlay. GPS Markets and Applications.