Advances in Positioning and Reference Frames: IAG Scientific Assembly Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 3-9, 1997 / Edition 1

by Fritz K. Brunner

Overview

This volume is based on an international symposium held in Rio de Janeiro. It gives a progress report on geodetic positioning with GPS. The maintenance and the densification of reference frames are treated for the purpose of establishing global and regional GPS networks. The scientific achievements of the South American Geocentric Reference System project (SIRGAS) are described. Several contributions review the state of the art of GPS analysis techniques, ambiguity resolution methods, as well as GPS antenna and site problems. Novel applications of kinematic GPS positioning and quality control issues of real-time GPS positioning are discussed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540646044
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Series:	International Association of Geodesy Symposia , #118
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	398
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Session 1: Maintenance and Densification of Reference Frames.- WGS 84 — Past, Present and Future.- ITRF Densification and Continuous Realization by the IGS.- The Use of the EUREF Permanent GPS Network for the Maintenance of the European Terrestrial Reference Frame.- The European Vertical GPS Reference Network Campaign 1997 — Concept and Status.- From UELN-95 to EVS 2000 — European Activities for a Continental Vertical Datum.- Global GPS Networks and the Determination of Earth Rotation Parameters.- Realization of the ITRF-94 in Thailand and Malaysia by Use of a Combined Network for Geodynamics and National Survey.- The ITRF96 Realization of the International Terrestrial Reference System (Abstract).- Modernizing the Reference Framework for Canada’s Maritime Provinces.- Permanent GPS Tracking Network including the Mediterranean Area.- Session 2: GPS Reference Networks.- The Brazilian Network for Continuous Monitoring of GPS (RBMC): Operation and Products.- Towards an Austrian GPS Reference Network.- Real-Time Differential GPS Error Modelling in Regional Reference Station Networks.- Processing Strategies for Regional GPS Networks.- A Continental Wide Area Differential GPS Strategy.- Possibility of a Dynamic Cadastre for a Dynamic Nation.- Preliminary Stability Test for the Regional GPS Tracking Stations in Taiwan.- The Use of Heuristics in the Design of GPS Networks.- Transformations of GPS Coordinates and Heights in Trinidad.- Vectors Connecting the Geodetic Points at Metsähovi and Sjökulla.- Use of the Finnish Permanent GPS Network (FinnNet) in Regional GPS Campaigns.- The New Swiss National Height System LHN95.- The Non-Fiducial Approach Applied to GPS Networks.- The Statefix West Australian GPS Network.- POLREF-96 — The New Geodetic Reference Frame forPoland.- Session 3: SIRGAS Project.- An Overview of the SIRGAS Project (Abstract).- The Definition and Realization of the Reference System in the SIRGAS Project.- Time Evolution of the SIRGAS Reference Frame.- Results of the SIRGAS 95 GPS Network Processing at DGFI/I.- The Integration of Brazilian Geodetic Network into SIRGAS.- Adjustment of the New Venezuelan National GPS Network within the SIRGAS Reference Frame.- Realization of a Geocentric Reference System in Argentina in Connection with SIRGAS.- Some Considerations Related to the New Realization of SAD-69 in Brazil.- The IGS Regional Network Associate Analysis Center for South America at DGFI/I.- The Redefinition of the Geodetic Reference System of Uruguay into SIRGAS Frame.- Session 4: Current Developments in Precise GPS Positioning.- GPS Ambiguity Resolution for Navigation, Rapid Static Surveying, and Regional Networks.- GPS Antenna and Site Effects.- Precise GPS Positioning Improvements by Reducing Antenna and Site Dependent Effects.- IGS Orbit, Clock and EOP Combined Products: An Update.- The Use of GPS for Monitoring of the Ionospheric Disturbances.- An Integrated GPS Monitoring System for Site Investigation of Nuclear Waste Disposal.- Determination of Shastic Models of GPS Baselines in GPS Network Adjustment.- The Assisi Landslide GPS Network.- Use of a Regional Ionospheric Model in GPS Geodetic Applications.- Instantaneous Ambiguity Resolution for Medium-Range GPS Kinematic Positioning Using Multiple Reference Stations.- Exploiting the SIRGAS Colocations for Determining Elevation Dependent Phase Center Variations of Geodetic GPS Antennas.- Real-Time Failure Detection and Repair in Ionospheric Delay Estimation Using GPS by Robust and Conventional Kalman Filter State Estimates.- GPS Levelling Results fromTwo Test Areas in Finland.- Quality Control Algorithms for Permanent GPS Receiver Applications.- Fast Ambiguity Resolution in Network Mode.- Session 5: GPS Kinematic Applications.- High Precision GPS Kinematic Positioning: Progress and Outlook.- Kinematic Positioning Using Adaptive Filters and Multiple DGPS Receiver Configurations.- Estimating the Residual Tropospheric Delay for Airborne Differential GPS Positioning.- High-Accuracy Airborne Integrated Mapping System.- Airborne GPS Performance during a Photogrammetric Project.- Signal Distortion in High Precision GPS Surveys (Abstract).- Testing GPS Approaches for Civil Aviation in the Swiss Alps.- Static and Kinematic Positioning with GPS for the Construction and Maintenance of High Speed Railway Lines.- Kinematic GPS for Ice Sheet Surveys in Greenland.- A Reweighted Filtering Algorithm and its Application to Open Pit Deformation Monitoring.- Permanent Automatic GPS Deformation Monitoring Systems: A Review of System Architecture and Data Processing Strategies.- Modified GPS-OTF Algorithms for Bridge Monitoring: Application to the Pierre-Laporte Suspension Bridge in Quebec City.- The GPS Component of the Project for Digital Mapping of the KARST Aquifer System Near Curitiba, Brazil (Abstract).- Kinematic GPS Positioning with Adaptive Kalman Filtering Techniques.