GPS-Techniques Applied to Geodesy and Surveying

GPS-Techniques Applied to Geodesy and Surveying contains the proceedings of an international workshop held in April 1988 at the Technical University in Darmstadt, Germany. It presents a state-of-the-art description of GPS techniques applied to geodesy and surveying with emphasis on monitoring time dependent phenomena. Theoretical, numerical, instrumental and rather general aspects of modern satellite positioning are treated. The articles are easy to read; the book addresses newcomers to the field as well as experts.

Opening address. - Welcome addresses. - More than five years of GPS-experiments Rethinking of geodesy. - President of the Arbeitskreis Triangulation of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Vermessungsverwaltungen der Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland . - Geodetic applications with GPS in Norway as part of a global cooperation. - GPS geodesy with centimeter accuracy. - Relativistic effects in GPS. - Relativistic models of phase and Doppler observations of electromagnetic signals. - The use of GPS at IGN : Geodesy, geophysics, engineering. - GPS applications of CTS. - Ageden An application of GPS for geodynamic investigations in Austria. - Investigation of an alternate method of processing global positioning survey data collected in kinematic mode. - Experiences with the WM 101 GPS receiver. - Åland GPS levelling experiment in 1987 preliminary report on the results. - Experiences with TRIMBLE receivers in the control network of the F. R. G. . - Campaigns with WM101 in Austria 1987. - Results on long baselines in Europe preliminary comparisons with laser and VLBI solutions. - Supervision of the control network of the federal republic of Germany with macrometer 1983 1985 KONMAC . - Simulations with the software package of darmstadt for kinematic applications Some numerical results with a WM 101 . - An introduction to GPS and its geodetic applications. - System and hardware oriented aspects of GPS- applications. - GPS as local geological control and national geodetic control. - Present state of the Dönav campaign. - Modeling of phase center variation and its influence on GPS-positioning. - Hiking and biking with GPS: The Canadian perspective. - Status of dual frequency GPS development at Trimble Navigation. - Kinematic surveying. - Technological utilization of space withspecial regard to navigation satellite systems. - The antenna exchange: One aspect of high-precision GPS kinematic survey. - GPS geodesy and kinematic topography measurements and data processing. - Developments for the operational use of gps in kinematic modes. - Terrestrial and aircraft differential kinematic GPS positioning. - Field validation of GPS phase measurements. - Static positioning with the global positioning system (GPS): State of the art. - GPS carrier phases and clock modeling. - World: A multipurpose GPS-network computer package. - PC preprocessing of GPS TI 4100 navigator data. - Geodynamics of Iceland studied with the aid of terrestrial geodetic and GPS experiments. - Present state of the central Andean GPS-traverse ANSA. - Remarks to the establishment of a regional GPS-tracking network. - Recovering Earth Rotation Parameters with GPS. - A note on monitoring tectonic plate motion using GPS and classical techniques. - Determination of azimuths from GPS measurements and comparison with common methods. - The European tracking network. - World geodetic system 1984 geodetic reference system of GPS orbits. - Several aspects of solar radiation pressure. - TOPAS a new GPS adjustment system for multistation positioning and orbit determination. - Covariances in 3D network resulting from orbital errors. - A brief summary of the panel discussion at the international GPS workshop Darmstadt 1988. - Recommendations. - MINI-MAC 2816 dual frequency receiver. - Kinematic land survey demonstration international GPS workshop Darmstadt, West Germany April 10 14, 1988. - The international GPS-workshop field tests.