High Precision Navigation: Integration of Navigational and Geodetic Methods

ISBN-13: 9783642745874 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 627 str.

Klaus Linkwitz; Ulrich Hangleiter

Opis

The book is based on an international workshop on High Precision Navigation. The reader will find a wealth of information on - satellite navigation systems and their geodetic applications, especially using GPS - laser and radar techniques - image processing and image sequence analysis - autonomous vehicle guidance systems - inertial navigation systems - integration of different sensor systems.

Spis treści

A. Overview Articles.- High Precision Navigation with Satellites.- Navigational Methods of Measurement in Geodetic Surveying.- Geodetic Positioning by Inertial and Satellite Systems: An Overview.- GPS Geodesy: A Status Report.- Vehicle Guidance by Computer Vision.- Vision and Navigation for the Carnegie Mellon Navlab.- Error Characteristics of Inertial Systems from the View-point of Oscillation Theory.- Integration of INS and GPS Measurements.- B. Satellite Techniques.- Adaptive Antennas for GPS.- Empirical Accuracy of Positions Computed from Airborne GPS Data.- Integrated Navigation System for Approach Guidance for Regional Air-Traffic Using GPS.- GPS Receiver Development in the Space Research Centre Warsaw.- The Monocular Electro-Optical Stereo Scanner (MEOSS) Satellite Experiment.- Alternative Modeling of GPS Carrier Phases for Geodetic Network Analysis.- Frontend Design for High Accurate Positioning with GPS.- Combining GPS and Classical Geodetic Surveys for Crustal Deformation in the Imperial Valley, California.- C. Topographic Applications.- Digital Terrain Models of Forest Areas by Airborne Laser Profiling.- Advances in Radar Altimetry Techniques for Topographic Mapping.- A KU-Band Solid State Radar Altimeter for Topographic Application.- Quality Analysis of Platform Orientation Parameters for Airborne Laser Profiling Systems.- Radar Altimetry for Land Applications.- D. Image Processing.- Motion Estimation in Image Sequences.- Precision of Geometric Features Derived from Image Sequences.- Towards Autonomous Navigation Utilizing Image Sequence Analysis.- Depth from Stereo Image Sequences.- Systolic Arrays for Block Matching Algorithms.- Modulation Transfer Function Obtained from Image Structures.- Symbolic Image Descriptions for Relational Matching.- E. Close Range Mensuration.- Motorized Electronic Theodolites — High Precision Measurement Robots for Surveying.- High Speed Infrared Tracking.- High Precision Surveying of Moving Objects by Electronic Cameras.- Pulsed Laser Radar for Close Range Operation in Space.- Real-Time Surveying in Close Range Area with Inertial Navigation Systems and Optical Target Tracking Techniques.- Multiple Target Tracking for Automatic Inland Navigation.- 3D-Mapping by a Semiconductor Laser Scanner, Description of an Experimental Setup.- F. Inertial Techniques.- A Model for Highly Precise Inertial-Survey Adjustments (Summary).- Advances in Strapdown Systems for Geodetic Applications.- Some Experiences with the LTN-72 Aircraft Platform in Terrestrial Applications.- Separation of Gravitational and Inertial Accelerations with a Combined Inertial Navigation and Gravity-Gradiometer System.- The Physics of NMR Gyroscopes.- Data Processing for GPS/INS Integration.- Integration of INS, GPS and Doppler for Helicopter Navigation.- Highly Stabilized Infrared Diode-Laser for Optical Pumping of Rb-Xe-NMR Gyroscope.- Comparative Study of Inertial Measurement Systems for Geodetic Applications.