Global Positioning System: Theory & Applications (Volume One) (Progress in Astronautics & Aeronautics)

By James J. Spiker

Book Overview

This is the first volume in a two-volume set. The books explain the technology, performance and applications of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and each chapter is written by an expert in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156347106X
• ISBN13: 9781563471063
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Amer Inst of Aeronautics &
• Length: 793 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.8" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Global Positioning System: Theory & Applications

This book is very technical so for the beginners in GPS i can not recommed you to read this book. however, for scientific community, this book is "a must'

This is the essential treatment of GPS for engineers.

These volumes comprehensively treat the entire body of knowledge concerning GPS control, satellites, propagation, receivers, and use. There is an extensive discussion of GPS errors: raw, differential, corrected, and the encrypted precise positioning service. Unlike IEEE volumes that seem to be magazine articles jammed together, these volumes appear to use systematic, top-down architecture of the outline. Each section is a coherent explanation of the topic, without any unevenness in coverage. The authors are well-known principals in this field. Spilker, for instance, has generated the most significant books in digital communications; modulation and demodulation being his specialty. I found these volumes to be so impressive that I bought the set for my personal use.