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Overview
This material cultivates a working knowledge of current and future capabilities of GPS and the emerging Global Navigation Satellite System. It is divided into ten lessons, listed below.
- The GPS Signal
- Biases and Solutions
- The Framework
- Receivers and Methods
- Geodetic Datums
- State Plane Coordinates and Heights
- Static Global Positioning System Surveying
- Real-Time Global Positioning System Surveying
- GPS Modernization
- Global Navigation Satellite Systems and the Future