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Review of Doppler satellite positioning in Canada

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Canada has recently faced two geodetic problems. Existing control on land must be rapidly upraged for resource development and for the coming redefinition of North American networks. Geodetic methods of managing territorial and lease boundaries in the offshore region are required. A series of developments in Doppler Satellite techniques begun in 1968 have contributed to the solution of both these problems. Today these developments have resulted in a Canadian-made receiver, permanent Canadian tracking stations, a primary geodetic network of about 200 Doppler points, major Doppler processing software systems, and the routine use of Doppler points, major Doppler processing software systems, and the routine use of Doppler positioning for land surveying, drill rig positioning and precise navigation. The accuracy of Doppler positioning has been improved from 100 m in 1968 to better than 1 m in 1975. These developments have applications in other nations than Canada.

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  1. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

    D. E. Wells

  2. Department of Surveying Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B.

    E. J. Krakiwsky & D. B. Thomson

  3. Geodetic Survey of Canada, Surveys and Mapping Branch, Ottawa, Ontario

    J. Kouba

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Wells, D.E., Krakiwsky, E.J., Thomson, D.B. et al. Review of Doppler satellite positioning in Canada. Bull. Geodesique 50, 307–321 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02521584

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