Understanding GPS : principles and applications /

Understanding GPS : principles and applications / Elliott D. Kaplan, editor - Boston ; London : Artech House, [1996] - xv, 554 p. : ill. ; 24 cm - The Artech House mobile communications series . - Artech House telecommunications library .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Fundamentals of satellite navigation -- GPS system segments -- GPS satellite signal characteristics -- Satellite signal acquisition and tracking -- Effects of RF interference on GPS satellite signal -- Performance of standalone GPS -- Differential GPS -- Integration of GPS with other sensors -- The Russian GLONASS system -- INMARSAT civil navigation satellite overlay -- GPS markets and applications

A complete guide to understanding and utilizing today's Global Positioning System, a satellite navigation system providing accurate, contiunous, worldwide, three-dimensional position and velocity data. Expert authors cover all aspects of GPS, including projections for GPS markets and applications.

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