High Precision Navigation: Integration of Navigational and Geodetic Methods

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
High Precision Navigation with Satellites....Pages 3-14
Navigational Methods of Measurement in Geodetic Surveying....Pages 15-33
Geodetic Positioning by Inertial and Satellite Systems: An Overview....Pages 34-73
GPS Geodesy: A Status Report....Pages 74-85
Vehicle Guidance by Computer Vision....Pages 86-96
Vision and Navigation for the Carnegie Mellon Navlab....Pages 97-122
Error Characteristics of Inertial Systems from the Viewpoint of Oscillation Theory....Pages 123-136
Integration of INS and GPS Measurements....Pages 137-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Adaptive Antennas for GPS....Pages 149-162
Empirical Accuracy of Positions Computed from Airborne GPS Data....Pages 163-175
Integrated Navigation System for Approach Guidance for Regional Air-Traffic Using GPS....Pages 176-187
GPS Receiver Development in the Space Research Centre Warsaw....Pages 188-194
The Monocular Electro-Optical Stereo Scanner (MEOSS) Satellite Experiment....Pages 195-204
Alternative Modeling of GPS Carrier Phases for Geodetic Network Analysis....Pages 205-217
Frontend Design for High Accurate Positioning with GPS....Pages 218-224
Combining GPS and Classical Geodetic Surveys for Crustal Deformation in the Imperial Valley, California....Pages 225-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Digital Terrain Models of Forest Areas by Airborne Laser Profiling....Pages 239-250
Advances in Radar Altimetry Techniques for Topographic Mapping....Pages 251-260
A KU-Band Solid State Radar Altimeter for Topographic Application....Pages 261-274
Quality Analysis of Platform Orientation Parameters for Airborne Laser Profiling Systems....Pages 275-285
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Radar Altimetry for Land Applications....Pages 286-293
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
Motion Estimation in Image Sequences....Pages 297-312
Precision of Geometric Features Derived from Image Sequences....Pages 313-329
Towards Autonomous Navigation Utilizing Image Sequence Analysis....Pages 330-341
Depth from Stereo Image Sequences....Pages 342-353
Systolic Arrays for Block Matching Algorithms....Pages 354-365
Modulation Transfer Function Obtained from Image Structures....Pages 366-377
Symbolic Image Descriptions for Relational Matching....Pages 378-391
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Motorized Electronic Theodolites — High Precision Measurement Robots for Surveying....Pages 395-408
High Speed Infrared Tracking....Pages 409-418
High Precision Surveying of Moving Objects by Electronic Cameras....Pages 419-431
Pulsed Laser Radar for Close Range Operation in Space....Pages 432-442
Realtime Surveying in Close Range Area with Inertial Navigation Systems and Optical Target Tracking Techniques....Pages 443-456
Multiple Target Tracking for Automatic Inland Navigation....Pages 457-468
3D-Mapping by a Semiconductor Laser Scanner, Description of an Experimental Setup....Pages 469-489
Front Matter....Pages 491-491
A Model for Highly Precise Inertial-Survey Adjustments (Summary)....Pages 493-495
Advances in Strapdown Systems for Geodetic Applications....Pages 496-530
Some Experiences with the LTN-72 Aircraft Platform in Terrestrial Applications....Pages 531-541
Separation of Gravitational and Inertial Accelerations with a Combined Inertial Navigation and Gravity-Gradiometer System....Pages 542-555
The Physics of NMR-Gyroscopes....Pages 556-570
Front Matter....Pages 491-491
Data Processing for GPS/INS Integration....Pages 571-583
Integration of INS, GPS and Doppler for Helicopter Navigation....Pages 584-601
Highly Stabilized Infrared Diode-Laser for Optical Pumping of Rb-Xe-NMR Gyroscope....Pages 602-610
Comparative Study of Inertial Measurement Systems for Geodetic Applications....Pages 611-627