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Modern Navigation

Art: Claes Janszoon Vooght, Ca. 1680 celestial chart by Claes Jansz Vooght, circa 1680 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Thomas Herring
Term: Fall 2006
Level: Undergraduate
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Lecture 1: Introduction and Coordinate Systems

Lecture 2: Definitions of the Types of Latitude and Longitude; Mathematical Relationship Between These and Cartesian XYZ; Motion of the Rotation Axis, Which Affects Determination of Latitude and Longitude

Lecture 3: Height Definitions, Methods for Determining Heights, Spirit Leveling and Trigonometric Leveling; Geoid Heights and Their Determination

Lecture 4: Spherical Trigonometry Derivations and Examples

Lecture 5: Determination of Latitude and Longitude Using Astronomical Methods

Lecture 6: Almanacs in Paper and Electronic Form

Lecture 7: Dead Reckoning and Sextants

Lecture 8: Review of Linear Algebra Covering Vectors and Matrices, Solving Linear Equations, Vector Spaces, Eigenvalues and Vectors, Rotation Matrices

Lecture 9: Sextant Measurements

Lecture 10: Map Projections of Different Types and The Mathematics Behind Some Projections

Lecture 11: Statistics and Propagation of Variance-covariance Matrices

Lecture 12: Estimation of Over-determined, Nearly Linear Systems Including Least and Weighted Least Squares

Lecture 13: Examined HW 02 Solution and the Non-Linear Model That Can be Used to Represent the Measurements Taken

Lecture 14: Finish Estimation With Sequential Estimation and Error Ellipses; Examine Correlations Between Random Time Series

Lecture 15: Electromagnetic Distance Measurement (EDM) Conventional Instruments and Theory of Their Operation

Lecture 16: GPS Pseudo-range Measurements and Basic Principles of GPS

Lecture 17: GPS Signal Tracking, Orbit Geometry, Specific Signal Structure, Phase Measurements and Data

Lecture 18: GPS Pseudo Range and Phase measurements, basic processing methods, Dilution of Precision Measures

Lecture 19: Atmosphere Delay Effects

Lecture 20: Ionosphere and Dispersive GPS Delay Correction

Lecture 21: Satellite Orbit Representation and Sources of Information about Orbits

Lecture 22: Basics of Hand Held GPS Receivers Class Outside Using GPS

Lecture 23: Applications of GPS