Instructor: Glen S. Mattioli
Teaching Assistant: None
Lecture Text: GPS Satellite Surveying, Alfred Leick
Laboratory Text: Various handouts
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PowerPoint Presentations
Lecture 1: Class Objectives and Overview of Geoscience Case Studies
Lecture 2: Introduction to the Global Positioning System
Lecture 3: Basic Statistics – Part 1
Lecture 4: GPS Signals: Codes, Correlation, and AS Technologies
Lecture 5: GPS observables and difference solutions
Examinations, Homework, and Lab Assignments
Exam 1: Benchmark test of basic statistical skills
Laboratory 1: Introduction to Survey Techniques and GPS equipment
Laboratory 2: Data downloads and RINEX
Homework 1: Probability and Statistics
Laboratory 3a: Derivation of MP1 and MP2
Laboratory 3b: Using TEQC to Quality Check GPS data
Laboratory 3c: Sample output from TEQC
Homework 2a: XYZ to Latitude, Longitude, HAE
Homework 2b: Sample script xyz2llh
Laboratory 4: Double Difference Baseline Processing using GPSurvey
Review sheet and study guide for Midterm Examination
Laboratory 5: GIPSY-OASISII Theory and Procedures (analog)
Laboratory 6: GIPSY-OASISII Analysis using xt-gipsy
Important GPS and Related Links
Data Providers:
GPS Constellation Status – USNO
International Earth Rotation Service
Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
Southern California Integrated GPS Network
Scripps Orbit and Permanent Array Center
Analysis Software Products:
TEQC Data Quality Checker and RINEX converter
RINEX Specifications and Definitions
GIPSY-OASISII (official site)
GOA User Group Software Overview
Kristine Larson’s GIPSY Help portal
Geodetic GPS Receiver Manufacturers:
Allen Osborne Associates, Inc.
Site Documentation and Instructions:
Monument and Site Information Template
Other Geodetic Techniques and Background Information:
Time Service Department – United States Naval Observatory
EOS article on the International Terrestrial Reference Frame
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Introduction
International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astronomy
National Institute of Standards and Technology GPS Frequency Tracking