GPS Satellite Surveying by Alfred Leick

GPS Satellite Surveying

Features

Cover Type: Hard Cover with 464 pages

Published by: Wiley

Edition: 3rd Edition December 18, 2003

Written in: English

ISBN 10 Number: 0471059307

ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471059301

Book Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1 inches

Weighs: 1.7 pounds

Product Review
"third editionreinforces its status as a standard industry referenceupdated to cover emerging precise-point position technology" (GEO Connexion, June 2004)

Product Description
The revised and updated authoritative volume on GPS use in surveying

Comprehensive and thorough in its coverage, GPS Satellite Surveying, Third Edition is the updated edition of Alfred Leick’s classic introduction to the field. Written to help specialists get the most out of GPS surveying techniques and the resulting measurements, this standard industry reference provides the latest fundamental and cutting-edge material for working with GPS today.

A unique volume in the field, this Third Edition offers an unrivaled presentation of procedures that apply to the Russian GLONASS, the forthcoming European GALILEO, and U.S. GPS satellite systems. New coverage addresses emerging precise-point positioning technology, as well as the most current information on:

Geodetic reference systems
GPS modernization
Least-squares adjustments
Pseudoranges and carrier phases
The troposphere and ionosphere
The LAMBDA technique
The ellipsoidal and conformal mapping models

GPS Satellite Surveying, Third Edition is a dependable, up-to-date reference for surveyors, civil engineers, transportation engineers, geologists, geographers, technicians, and students.

Reader Reviews
This book is all that I had thought. The explanation is clear and the autor becames it easy to understand. The best aquisition that I have done since I begun to study GPS. Congratulations to Alfred Leick. Cartograph Engineer Comment | | (Report this)

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