Understanding GPS: Principles and Applications, Kaplan and Hegarty
THIS BOOK HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE THIRD EDITION. PLEASE SEE RELATED PRODUCTS.
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This thoroughly updated second edition of Understanding GPS: Principles and Applications (hardcover) is an Artech House bestseller and brings together a team of leading experts who provide a current and comprehensive treatment of the Global Positioning System (GPS). The book covers all the latest advances in technology, applications, and systems.
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Material new to the second edition includes
- Modern receiver designs and integration into vehicles and cellular telephones;
- Modernized GPS satellites, ground facilities, and signals;
- The emerging Galileo system;
- New developments in the GPS marketplace.
Practical guidance enables professions to
- Development new applications and evaluate their performance;
- Decide which differential GPS services are best suited for a particular application;
- Build or select GPS receivers and integrate them into navigational and communications equipment;
- Determine how technology is affecting the marketplace and where to unvest a company’s resources.
Elliott Kaplan is a principal engineer at the MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts. He earned his M.S. in electrical engineering from Northeastern University.
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Christopher Hegarty is a senior principal engineer at the MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA. He received a D.Sc. in electrical engineering from The George Washington University and currently serves as editor of the Institute of Navigation’s quarterly journal, NAVIGATION, and as a member of RTCA, Inc.’s Program Management Committee.