AKTU Global Navigation Satellite System (HTGI601) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Geoinformatics
Global Navigation Satellite System HTGI601
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Syllabus — Global Navigation Satellite System
Download PDFHTGI601 · 4 credits · L-T-P 3-1-0
Course Outcomes: After completion of this course the student will be able to:
CO1. Understand celestial coordinate systems, observational astronomy, telescopic surveying, and the role of astrometry in precise celestial measurements.
CO2. Describe GPS fundamentals, including components, signal structure, navigation principles, accuracy assessment.
CO3. Analyze GPS applications in astronomy and astrophysics through case studies.
CO4. Illustrate the principles of Differential GPS (DGPS), including differential corrections, various DGPS methods.
CO5. Apply GPS and DGPS knowledge to military and civilian navigation, surveying, mapping, remote sensing.
Course Content
| Unit-1 | INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMICAL SURVEYING: Overview of astronomical surveying and its applications in astronomy and astrophysics, Celestial coordinate systems and their significance in surveying, Basics of observational astronomy and the use of telescopes in surveying, Introduction to astrometry and its role in precise celestial measurements. | 8 |
| Unit-2 | GPS FUNDAMENTALS: Introduction to Global Positioning System (GPS) and its components, GPS signal structure and satellite constellation, Principles of satellite-based navigation and positioning, GPS accuracy, error sources, and correction methods, Factors that affect GPS,Indian satellite based navigational systems: Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC), GAGAN,Other satellite based navigational systems: GLONASS, GALILEO. | 8 |
| Unit-3 | ASTRONOMICAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS AND GPS APPLICATIONS: Advanced celestial coordinate systems in astronomical surveying, Integration of GPS technology in astronomical observations, Astrodynamics and satellite orbits for precise GPS applications, Case studies of GPS applications in astronomy and astrophysics. | 8 |
| Unit-4 | DGPS:History, need for DGPS, concepts and principles, differential corrections, accuracy in DGPS, local area DGPS, wide area DGPS, carrier phase DGPS, pseudolites, LAAS, WAAS; rapid methods with GPS – rapid static method, semikinematic method, kinematic method. Real time DGPS. Data post-processing; GIS and GPS integration; Georeferencing of map. | 8 |
| Unit-5 | APPLICATIONS OF GPS AND DGPS: Military – airborne, marine and land based navigation, and civilian –surveying and mapping, control surveys, cadastral surveying, navigation, RS, GIS and photogrammetry, geodesy, location, navigation, tracking, mapping and timing, Engineering and Monitoring; Special applications of GPS, Applications of high-precision GPS in astronomical surveying. | 8 |
Reference Books
- Higher Surveying by B.C. Punmia,Ashok Kumar Jain, Arun Kumar Jain, Sixteenth Edition, 2022, Laxmi Publications.
- Introduction to GPS: The Global Positioning System by Ahmed El Rabbany, 2002, Artech House.
- Understanding GPS: Principles and Applications by Elliott D. Kaplan, Christopher Hegarty, Second Edition, Artech House, 2005.
- Outdoor Navigation with by GPS Stephen W. Hinch, 2018, Wilderness Press.
- Satellite Geodesy: Foundations, Methods, and Applications by Günter Seeber, 2008.
- GPS Satellite Surveying by Alfred Leick, Lev Rapoport, Dmitry Tatarnikov, 2015, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Astronomical Survey: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/physics-and-astronomy/astronomical-survey
- An Overview of Major Terrestrial, Celestial, and Temporal Coordinate Systems for Target Tracking:https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA637370.pdf
- Geodetic Coordinate : https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/geodetic-coordinate
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