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Course Name	Turkish	GPS Tekniği
	English	GPS Technique
Course Code	JDF 431E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	7	2	2	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Rahmi Nurhan Çelik
Course Objectives		1. Explaining the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System and its measurements 2. Teaching the methods of positioning with GPS 3. Informing about the field of application for GPS and the sample applications of GPS
Course Description		NAVSTAR-GPS system: Space segments, control segment, user segment, measurement principals, signal structure, Time and coordinate systems, GPS observations: GPS observables, determining parameters, linear combinations and indirect measurements, ambiguity resolution, cycle slip, RINEX format, Orbit determination, Processing GPS data: Adjustment and software, Absolute positioning using GPS, Differantional GPS (DGPS), Relative positioning using GPS: Static, kinematic, stop and go methods, Real-time kinematic method, Error sources and elimination, Observation planning and realisations, Benchmarking, Application fields of GPS, GPS and Internet.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course successfully will be able to; 1. state the history of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems. 2. explain the Satellite Positioning and Orbits, Ephemerides. 3. explain the GPS Services and Segments, Practice on Topcon, Ashtech, Garmin & Magellan GPS Receivers. 4. explain the GPS Observables, Pseudoranges, Relativistic Effects, Atmospheric Effects. 5. explain and determine the Limits, Biases, Noises, Antenna Phase Center Offset & Variation, Multipath. 6. Explain and calculate the GPS Mathematical Models and Observation Techniques, Point Positioning and Phase Differences. 7. Explain and apply the Reference Systems of GPS, Precession, Nutation, Line of Sight Vectors. 8. apply Coordinate and Datum Transformation
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