New edition of this standard introduction to the field.
Preface.Acknowledgements.Abbreviations.Notation.1. Introduction.2. Geodetic Reference Systems.3. Satellite Systems.4. Least-Squares Adjustments.5.Pseudorange and Carrier Phase Observables.6. Troposphere and Ionosphere.7. Processing Pseudoranges and Carrier Phases.8. Network Adjustments.9. Two-Dimensional Geodetic Models.Appendix A. General Background.Appendix B. The Ellipsoid.Appendix C. Conformal Mapping.References.Author Index.Subject Index.
ALFRED LEICK, PhD, is Professor of Spatial Information Science and Engineering at the University of Maine. During his career, he has served on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Geodetic Surveying and authored two previous editions of GPS Satellite Surveying (Wiley).
...third edition...reinforces its status as a standard industry reference...updated to cover emerging precise-point position technology... (GEO Connexion, June 2004)