GPS Surveying and Data Processing

Author: Li Zhenghang
Publisher: Wuhan University Press
Book Description:
The Global Positioning System (GPS) has been widely applied in various fields of the national economy and national defense construction. The author provides a detailed introduction to GPS positioning technology from aspects such as positioning principles, measurement operations, and data processing, based on teaching, research, and practical production experience. The book is divided into 11 chapters, with the main content including: Introduction, Composition and Signal Structure of the Global Positioning System, Error Sources in GPS Positioning, Distance Measurement and GPS Positioning, Technical Design for GPS Measurement, Data Acquisition, Time Stamping Method, Earth-Centered Earth-Fixed Coordinate System, Common Data Formats, GPS Line Vector Solution and Network Adjustment, and GPS Elevation Measurement.
This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students majoring in Surveying Engineering and related disciplines in universities. Teachers can select the necessary content according to the nature of the major, number of teaching hours, and the level of students. The book is also available for reference for scientific research personnel in relevant fields such as surveying, transportation, petroleum, geology, water conservancy, and agriculture and forestry.
Table of Contents:
Part I: GPS Positioning Principles, Methods, and Mathematical Models
Chapter 1: Introduction
§1.1 Origin, Development, and Prospects of the Global Positioning System
§1.2 Applications of GPS in Various Fields
§1.3 U.S. Government GPS Policy
§1.4 Overview of Other Satellite Navigation and Positioning Systems
Chapter 2: Composition and Signal Structure of the Global Positioning System
§2.1 Composition of the Global Positioning System
§2.2 Signal Structure of GPS Satellites
§2.3 Calculation of GPS Satellite Positions
Chapter 3: Error Sources in GPS Positioning
§3.1 Overview
§3.2 Clock Errors
§3.3 Relativistic Effects
§3.4 Ephemeris Errors
§3.5 Ionospheric Delay
§3.6 Tropospheric Delay
§3.7 Multipath Errors
§3.8 Other Error Corrections
Chapter 4: Distance Measurement and GPS Positioning
§4.1 Determining Satellite-Earth Distance Using Pseudorange Measurements
§4.2 Carrier Phase Measurement
§4.3 Linear Combination of Observations
§4.4 Detection and Repair of Cycle Slips
§4.5 Determination of the Whole Cycle Ambiguity
§4.6 Single Point Positioning
§4.7 Relative Positioning
§4.8 Differential GPS
Part II: Technical Design and Data Acquisition
Chapter 5: Technical Design for GPS Measurement
Chapter 6: Data Acquisition
Part III: Data Processing
Chapter 7: Time Stamping Method
Chapter 8: Earth-Centered Earth-Fixed Coordinate System
Chapter 9: Common Data Formats in GPS Measurement Applications
Chapter 10: Principles of GPS Measurement Data Processing
Chapter 11: GPS Distance Measurement
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