ITEM 1) 9
GNSS BOOKS NEW TO NAVTECH GPS SUPPLY THIS YEAR
Nine books are newly listed with our Navtech GPS Supply in the
past year. Our website has the Tables of Contents. You may
order on the site
www.navtechgps.com or
call us at (703) 256-8900 .
Applied Mathematics in Integrated Navigation
Systems, Second Edition
by Robert M. Rogers
AIAA Education Series, 2003
Navtech GPS Supply order #1144, price $86.00, 330 pages,
hardback
"The second edition includes software, additional background
material and exercises, and additional applications. The
included software has been developed using MATLAB/Simulink (R)
Student Version Release 12 by The MathWorks, Inc. Additional
material includes integrating navigation aids for a navigation
system's vertical axis, exercises that broaden the scope of
problems encountered in integrated navigation systems, and the
general problem of attitude determination and estimation
whether for terrestrial or space applications. This edition
provides a more complete foundation for addressing the
different aspects of integrated navigation systems."
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From the Preface, Rogers
Celestial Navigation ... when your GPS Fails
by Mark Breach
Trafford Publishing, 2004
Navtech GPS Supply order #1013, price $25.00, 141 pages,
paperback
"This book describes the use of the sextant and how to find
position from your observations with full worked
examples.....Reliance on a single system at sea for any
purpose, including navigation, is unwise."
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From the Preface, by Breach
Digital Terrain Modeling
by N. El-Sheimy, C. Valeo, A. Habib
Artech House, 2005
Navtech GPs Supply order #1478, price $75.00, 257 pages,
hardback
"the authors...wanted to fill a very large gap in the
literature on digital terrain models (GTMs) by writing a book
that covers all the essential elements of DTMs and the
applications in environmental modeling and mapping in a
mathematically rigorous, highly advanced, thoroughly complete,
and cohesive manner."
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From the Preface
Table of contents in PDF
format coming soon!
Fundamentals of Global Positioning System
Receivers: A Software Approach Second Edition
by James Bao-Yen Tsui
Wiley-Interscience, A John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publication,
2005
Navtech GPS Supply order #1527, price $104.50, 352 pages,
hardback
"In this new edition of the book, only minor changes were made
to the original nine chapters but three new chapters treat
topics of increasing interest to GPS users and equipment
developers. Thus, Chapters 10 and 11 are devoted to the
processing of weak signals, as well as the limitations of
autonomous GPS receivers. These same approaches are also
applicable to GPS receivers in noisy environments and under
interference conditions. Other subjects new to this edition,
such as using the almanac data to simplify signal acquisition;
determining the number of analog-to-digital converter bits
required for the GPS receiver to work under strong
interference; and, using GPS signals reflected from the ground
as an altimeter are covered in Chapter 12."
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From the Preface to the Second Edition
The first edition of the Tsui book explains "...The material
in this book is presented from the software receiver viewpoint
for two reasons. First, it is likely that narrow band
receivers, such as the GPS receiver, will be implemented in
software in the future. Second, a software receiver approach
may explain the operation better....This book concentrates
only on the civilian C/A code....This book is written for
engineers and scientists....at the senior or graduate school
level.
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From the Preface to the First Edition
Fundamentals of Kalman Filtering: A Practical
Approach
by Paul Zarchan, Howard Musoff
AIAA 2000
Navtech GPS Supply order #1145, price $100.60, 662 pages,
hardback
"The purpose of this text is not to make additional
theoretical contributions in the world of Kalman filtering but
is simply to show the reader how actually to build Kalman
filters by example. It is the authors' belief that the best
way of learning is by doing.....this text does not even bother
to drive the filter.... Instead the Kalman-filtering
equations are simply explained, and the text devotes its time
to applying Kalman filtering to actual problems."
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From the Preface by Zarchan and Musoff).
GPS Satellite Surveying, Third Edition
by Alfred Lieck
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004
Navtech GPs Supply order #1028, price $120.00, 435 pages
"This edition of GPS Satellite Surveying presents a major
reorganization of the material, keeping in mind that many
developments in GPS and its uses have matured while new
capability is added. This made it possible to delete some
material contained in previous editions. However, it is also
recognized that other topics such as adjustments and geodetic
models remain essentially unchanged and relevant and are,
therefore, included with considerable detail as a permanent
reference. This new edition, like previous editions, attempts
to provide a comprehensive treatment on GPS as used in
applications that require high positional accuracy."
Hacking GPS
by Kathie Kingsley-Hughes
Wiley Publishing Co., 2005
Navtech GPS Supply order #1477, price $24.00, 337 pages,
paperback
"In this book you will be looking at a variety of
modifications and hacks that you can make to your GPS. You'll
learn how to alter the built-in software, how to make mobile
power supplies, how to improve signal reception under tough
conditions, and how to connect your GPS to a variety of other
devices."
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From the Introduction, by Kingsley-Hughes
Integrated Navigation and Guidance Systems
by Daniel J. Biezad
AIAA Education Series, 1999
Navtech GPS Supply order #1146, price $80.70, 235 pages,
hardback
"This manuscript is written from an operational as well as an
analytical point of view. It describes both the underlying
principles and operational implications of avionics systems
and displays as they apply to practical navigation in the
air. The goal is to provide a 'jump start' for those involved
in developing, testing, or operating advanced integrated
navigation systems and to provide an appreciation of the
fascinating technology underlying their use."
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From the Preface by Biezad
Strapdown Inertial Navigation Technology,
Second Edition
by D.H. Titterton, J.L. Weston
AIAA, 2004
Navtech GPS Supply order #1147, price $119.00, 547 pages
"The recent past has seen the design and demonstration of
highly accurate sensors such as ring laser gyroscopes and cold
atom sensors. These devices continue to be developed and they
provide a unique approach to measurement of motion and
apparent anomalies. As a consequence, these devices are being
applied to an increasing number of novel applications,
including geodesy and fundamental physical studies."
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From the Preface
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ITEM 2) NEWSLETTER LINKS and USEFUL WEBSITES
This is an archival list. Please notify us if your own
link changes.)
* The European Space Agency
publishes an EGNOS newsletter that is called EGNOS NEWS,
focusing both on EGNOS and on satellite navigation issues. The
latest issue became available for download May 25, as Issue
1/2005:
http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/egnos/estb/newsletter.htm
* To learn about the world's
most relied upon GPS technical magazine, GPS World, go to
http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld
* For the archives of the Locus
Inc. newsletter on LORAN positioning and timing, go to, go to:
http://www.locusinc.com/loran_newsletter.html
View their latest newsletter
dated July, 2005:
http://www.locusinc.com/lorannews/2005OurPositionJuly .pdf
* For the newsletter published
by Professional Surveyor Magazine, go to
http://www.profsurv.com/newsArc.htm
* Continuously updated
newsletter by the US Coast Guard's Navigation Center "NAVCEN"
is at
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
* Military and Aerospace
magazine's newsletter is found at:
http://mae.pennnet.com/Search/index.cfm?Section=Archives
* Kalman filter site maintained
by Gregory F. Welch, UNC, Chapel Hill, Nc
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/kalman/
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ITEM 3) MEETINGS CALENDAR
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August 28 -31, 2005
PTTI and IEEE Frequency Control Symposium
Tutorials on August 28, 2005
Conference opens August 29th
Exhibits will be August 30-31
Vancouver, BC, Canada
This will be a joint meeting with the IEEE Frequency Control
Symposium.
Contact Sheila Faulkner at: bopenyan@aol.com
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September 13-16, 2005 (Sept 12-13, tutorials presented by
Navtech Seminars)
ION GNSS 2005
Long Beach Convention Center,
Long Beach, California
www.ion.org
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October 17 - 19, 2005
International Loran Association (ILA)
Santa Barbara, California
Contact
ila@loran.org
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January 18-20, 2006
ION National Technical Meeting
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Monterey, California
www.ion.org
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April 25-27, 2006
IEEE/ION PLANS 2006
Loews Coronado Bay Resort
San Diego, California
Contact
www.PLANS2006.org
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September 26-29, 2006 (Tutorials: September 25-26)
ION GNSS 2006
Fort Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
www.ion.org
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September 25-28, 2007 (Tutorials: September 24-25)
ION GNSS 2007
Fort Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
www.ion.org
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