• Hardcover, 464 pages
• John Wiley and Sons, 3rd edition (December 18, 2003)
• ISBN 978-0471059301, Alfred Leick
  

Comprehensive and thorough in its coverage, GPS Satellite Surveying, Third Edition is the updated edition of Alfred Leick’s classic introduction to the field. Written to help specialists get the most out of GPS surveying techniques and the resulting measurements, this standard industry reference provides the latest fundamental and cutting-edge material for working with GPS today.

A unique volume in the field, this Third Edition offers an unrivaled presentation of procedures that apply to the Russian GLONASS, the forthcoming European GALILEO, and U.S. GPS satellite systems. New coverage addresses emerging precise-point positioning technology, as well as the most current information on:

• Geodetic reference systems
• GPS modernization
• Least-squares adjustments
• Pseudoranges and carrier phases
• The troposphere and ionosphere
• The LAMBDA technique
• The ellipsoidal and conformal mapping models

Contents
1. Introduction
2. Geodetic Reference Systems
3. Satellite Systems
4. Least-Squares Adjustments
5. Pseudorange and Carrier Phase Observables
6. Troposphere and Ionosphere
7. Processing Pseudoranges and Carrier Phases
8. Network Adjustments
9. Two-Dimensional Geodetic Models