Course Schedule, GOG 479/579, Spring 2014

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Date	Lecture	Reading
Jan 23	Overview of GPS	Sobel article on Harrison
28	History and general concepts
30	GPS Signals, Ranging, and Position Determination	Yionoulis article on Transit
Feb 4	Lab 1: Using our GPS units (due 2/13)
6	Satellite orbits and celestial coordinates	NY Times article on Galileo
11	Earth coordinate systems
13	Lab 2: Acquiring Positions (due� 2/25)	Spreadsheet to Compute Great Circle Distances
18	GPS error sources
20	NO CLASS
25	Lab 3: Using the Trimble GeoXT Receiver (due 3/27)	Importing Waypoints into ArcMap
27
Mar 4
6	Scott Crocoll from DEC	GPS World article on Doppler shifts Tom Clark article on Doppler shift and speed Article by Tom Chalko
11	Midterm exam
13	Life before GPS 1: Celestial navigation	Bowditch, ch. 1
18	NO CLASS
20	NO CLASS
25	Finish up Lab 3 Differential Correction
27	Lab 4: Post Processing with Pathfinder Office (due� 4/8)
Apr 1	Life before GPS 2: Ground-based electronic navigation systems	Bowditch, ch. 12
3	Location Based Services
8	Search and Navigation
10	Open class time
15	NO CLASS
17	More on GPS Signals and Data Comm Finding the Navigation Solution	GPS SPS Signal Specification (1995)
22	Looking at Search Algorithms Again
24	Carrier phase GPS Lab 5: Navigation Solution
29	Other GNSS Alternatives to GPS	GLONASS description from Novatel GLONASS overview from Space & Tech Galileo Specifications
May 1	Life before GPS 3: Using a compass	GNSS velocity estimates
6	GPS and Time Synchronization Applications	Why the earth�s rotation is slowing
8	Review
Final Exam	Friday May 16th 1:00pm - 3:00pm