Global Positioning System: An Overview, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Symposium No. 102 Edinburgh, Scotland, August 7–8, 1989
International Association of Geodesy Symposia Series, Vol. 102

Space geodesy has evolved in the last twenty years into one of the most exciting disciplines in the earth sciences. This development is due to a large extent to the versatility of applications provided by the radio interferometric technique called Global Positioning System or GPS. Appropriately, Symposium 102: Global Positioning System: An Overview was held at the 125th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of Geodesy in August, 1989. A broad review of GPS geodesy, achievements to date and the prospects for future study and application was presented. Papers included in this volume are grouped as follows: - Static and Geodynamic Positioning; - Orbit Determination Optimization and Design Dynamic; - Kinematic GPS/INS Radio Tracking Systems A useful reference for any researcher or student of space geodesy.

and Program.- Static and Geodynamic Positioning — IAG Special Study Group 1.140.- Relative Static Positioning with the Global Positioning System: Basic Technical Considerations Keynote Presentation.- Present Capabilities of GPS for High-Precision Regional Surveys Keynote Presentation.- Continuously Monitoring GPS Networks for Deformation Measurements Keynote Presentation.- GPS Data Preprocessing for Cycle-Slip Detection.- On Preprocessing of GPS Data.- A Comparison of Several Techniques to Reduce Signal Multipath from the Global Positioning System.- Multipath Effects in Static and Kinematic GPS Surveying.- GPS Observations in a Local Network Covering Big Height Differences.- Interim Status Report on Dönav.- Repeatable Measurements of Baseline Length by Global Positioning System in Central Japan.- Some First Experiences with the WM102 GPS Receiver.- Monitoring Displacements by GPS: A Calibration Test.- Some Results in the Preliminary Data Analyses of the Fixed-Point GPS Baseline Determination Network in Central Japan.- The Resolution of Mean Sea Level Anomalies Along the New South Wales Coastline by GPS.- Orbit Determination — IAG Special Study Group 2.106 & CSTG Subcommission.- High Accuracy Global Positioning System Orbit Determination: Progress and Prospects Keynote Presentation.- The Development of a Global GPS Tracking System in Support of Space and Ground-Based GPS Programs Keynote Presentation.- GPS Orbits and Baseline Experiments: Mini-Mac/TI Comparisons.- Orbit Determination for GPS Satellites.- High-Precision GPS Positioning by Fiducial Techniques.- GPS Broadcast Orbits Versus Precise Orbits: A Comparison Study.- Optimization and Design — IAG Special Study Group 4.117.- Optimization of GPS Theory, Techniques and Operational Systems: Progress andProspects Keynote Presentation.- Strain Analysis of Systematic Distortions of GPS Networks.- Optimizing the Movement of GPS Receivers.- Optimum Positions for GPS Points and Supporting Fix Points in Geodetic Networks.- Logistic Optimization for GPS Satellite Networks by Generalized S.O.D. Algorithms.- GPS Vertical Surveying: A Discussion of Some Special Considerations.- Statistical Testing and Quality Analysis of 3-D Networks—Part I: Theory.- Statistical Testing and Quality Analysis of 3-D Networks—Part II: Application to GPS.- Dynamic, Kinematic GPS/INS — IAG Special Study Group 1.105.- Kinematic Applications of GPS and GPS/INS Algorithms, Procedures, and Equipment Trends Keynote Presentation.- A Discussion of Models for GPS/INS Integration.- German-Canadian Experiment in Airborne INS-GPS Integration for Photogrammetric Applications.- The Use of Phase for Kinematic Positioning by GPS.- High Precision Kinematic Positioning Using GPS at the IGN: Recent Results.- Radio Tracking Systems — IAG Special Study Group 2.54.- Geoscience from GPS Tracking by Earth Satellites Keynote Presentation.- Mapping the Earth’s Gravity Field with Orbiting GPS Receivers Keynote Presentation.- The DORIS Satellite Radio Tracking System: Status and Plans.- PRARE—Status and Prospects.- Methods of Realisation of Coherent Signals in Satellite Systems.- Appendix 1 — Presidential Address.- Mueller, Ivan I., 125 Years of International Cooperation in Geodesy.- Appendix 2 — List of Participants.- Author Index.