Applied GPS

Once considered military hardware, the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS) has recently emerged as an important technologies. GPS is an all-weather, reliable, satellite-based, three-dimensional navigation system. Its applications now extend to fields as diverse as surveying, mapping, navigation, transportation, geography, land development, law, public health, police and rescue. This text provides readers with an introduction to the theory, implementation and application of GPS. It simplifies a complex system for those wanting to use it in practical applications and offers readers enough engineering, mathematical, and physics background to understand how GPS operates and how to apply it. It features figures and examples illustrating GPS concepts and includes problem-solving exercises and solutions.