GPS Geodesy: The Contribution of the Australasian Regional Tracking Network

  • Chris Rizos
  • Don Grant
  • Pen-Shan Hung
Conference paper
Part of the International Association of Geodesy Symposia book series (IAG SYMPOSIA, volume 109)

Abstract

With those few words, the central role of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in today’s armory of geodetic measurement tools is placed in perspective. It is a system that has evolved, albeit very rapidly, to become the most economic and accessible of the geodetic technologies. However, along the way, the GPS technologies have had to undergo quite a transformation in hardware, software and operational strategies and procedures. It is one of the latter that this paper is concerned with.

Keywords

Global Position System Very Long Baseline Interferometry Ambiguity Resolution Orbit Determination Satellite Laser Range 
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chris Rizos
    • 1
  • Don Grant
    • 2
  • Pen-Shan Hung
    • 1
  1. 1.School of SurveyingUniversity of N.S.W.SydneyAustralia
  2. 2.Dept. of Surveying and Land InformationWellingtonNew Zealand

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