Principle and Method of GPS Satellite Navigation and Positioning

Author: Liu Jiyu
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is the development and revision of the first GPS textbook in China, "Principles and Applications of the Global Positioning System" (edited by Liu Jiyu, published by Beijing Surveying and Mapping Press in October 1993). It comprehensively and systematically discusses GPS satellite navigation and positioning technology, explains the practical theory and engineering applications of GPS satellite navigation and positioning in an easy-to-understand manner, briefly introduces the characteristics and applications of GLONASS, GALILEO, EGNOS, WAAS, GDGPS, GPS Space Shuttle Mapping, and Geostationary Satellite Navigation and Positioning Systems. It also provides an overview of the role and impact of satellite laser ranging in GPS navigation and positioning. This book can serve as a textbook for beginners in industries such as aviation, aerospace, marine, transportation, geology, navigation, petroleum, water conservancy, agriculture, information, and surveying, a reference for graduate students, and a tool for engineers.