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HRT2043 | GNSS Measurements | 2+1+0 | ECTS:4 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Compulsory | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOMATICS ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | Lecturer | Arş. Gör. Fatih TERZİ | Co-Lecturer | None | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | The main goals of this course are to give the idea of the positioning from space and theory and application of the GPS in detail. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | sound understanding about point positioning methods and coordinate systems in satellite geodesy so that they can compare various methods to figure out their pros and cons. | 2 | | LO - 2 : | comprehend signal structures of GPS satellites, and learn the principles of code and phase measurement techniques. | 2 | | LO - 3 : | learn error sources in GPS measurements and they will be able to know how to eliminate these errors when encountered in GPS surveying projects. | 2 | | LO - 4 : | learn different absolute and relative GPS point positioning methods (static, kinematic, stop and go, real time kinematic, etc), and they will be able to use GPS receivers to determine the coordinates of control points using above mentioned methods | 2 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | |
Positioning theory and methods in satellite geodesy: TRANSIT, SLR, VLBI, Galileo, GLONASS, and GPS. Signal structure of the GPS, GPS observations: code and carrier phase measurements. Errors and biases at GPS measurements. Differencing techniques. Mathematical models used in evaluation of the GPS observations. Positioning methods in GPS: Static, kinematic, and Real Time Kinematik (RTK) methods. GPS observations in the field and processing of the measurements. |
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