Gps Satellite Surveying 4th Edition

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By (author) Leick Alfred; By (author) Rapoport Lev; By (author) Tatarnikov Dmitry

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Employ the latest satellite positioning tech with this extensive guideGPS Satellite Surveying is the classic text on the subject, providing the most comprehensive coverage of global navigation satellite systems applications for surveying.

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Employ the latest satellite positioning tech with this extensive guide

GPS Satellite Surveying is the classic text on the subject, providing the most comprehensive coverage of global navigation satellite systems applications for surveying. Fully updated and expanded to reflect the field”s latest developments, this new edition contains new information on GNSS antennas, Precise Point Positioning, Real-time Relative Positioning, Lattice Reduction, and much more. New contributors offer additional insight that greatly expands the book”s reach, providing readers with complete, in-depth coverage of geodetic surveying using satellite technologies. The newest, most cutting-edge tools, technologies, and applications are explored in-depth to help readers stay up to date on best practices and preferred methods, giving them the understanding they need to consistently produce more reliable measurement.

Global navigation satellite systems have an array of uses in military, civilian, and commercial applications. In surveying, GNSS receivers are used to position survey markers, buildings, and road construction as accurately as possible with less room for human error. GPS Satellite Surveying provides complete guidance toward the practical aspects of the field, helping readers to:

• Get up to speed on the latest GPS/GNSS developments
• Understand how satellite technology is applied to surveying
• Examine in-depth information on adjustments and geodesy
• Learn the fundamentals of positioning, lattice adjustment, antennas, and more

The surveying field has seen quite an evolution of technology in the decade since the last edition”s publication. This new edition covers it all, bringing the reader deep inside the latest tools and techniques being used on the job. Surveyors, engineers, geologists, and anyone looking to employ satellite positioning will find GPS Satellite Surveying to be of significant assistance.

Table of contents:

PREFACE xv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix

ABBREVIATIONS xxi

1 INTRODUCTION 1

2 LEAST-SQUARES ADJUSTMENTS 11

2.1 Elementary Considerations 12

2.1.1 Statistical Nature of Surveying Measurements 12

2.1.2 Observational Errors 13

2.1.3 Accuracy and Precision 13

2.2 Stochastic and Mathematical Models 14

2.3 Mixed Model 17

2.3.1 Linearization 18

2.3.2 Minimization and Solution 19

2.3.3 Cofactor Matrices 20

2.3.4 A Posteriori Variance of Unit Weight 21

2.3.5 Iterations 22

2.4 Sequential Mixed Model 23

2.5 Model Specifications 29

2.5.1 Observation Equation Model 29

2.5.2 Condition Equation Model 30

2.5.3 Mixed Model with Observation Equations 30

2.5.4 Sequential Observation Equation Model 32

2.5.5 Observation Equation Model with Observed Parameters 32

2.5.6 Mixed Model with Conditions 34

2.5.7 Observation Equation Model with Conditions 35

2.6 Minimal and Inner Constraints 37

2.7 Statistics in Least-Squares Adjustment 42

2.7.1 Fundamental Test 42

2.7.2 Testing Sequential Least Squares 48

2.7.3 General Linear Hypothesis 49

2.7.4 Ellipses as Confidence Regions 52

2.7.5 Properties of Standard Ellipses 56

2.7.6 Other Measures of Precision 60

2.8 Reliability 62

2.8.1 Redundancy Numbers 62

2.8.2 Controlling Type-II Error for a Single Blunder 64

2.8.3 Internal Reliability 67

2.8.4 Absor