Product Description

This thoroughly updated second edition of an Artech House bestseller 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. The second edition includes new chapters that explore the integration of GPS with vehicles and cellular telephones, new classes of satellite broadcast signals, the emerging GALILEO system, and new developments in the GPS marketplace. This single-source reference provides a quick overview of GPS essentials, an in-depth examination of advanced technical topics, and a review of emerging trends in the GPS industry.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #130996 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 726 pages

From the Author
The most comprehensive treatment of GPS in a single volume.
An in-depth engineer's guide to understanding and utilizing today's GPS, covering all aspects of GPS including fundamentals, receiver operation, effects of interference on signal tracking, GPS performance, differential GPS, integration with other sensors, GLONASS, the INMARSAT overlay and as well as projections for future GPS markets and applications.

About the Author
Elliott Kaplan is a principal engineer at the MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts. He is the New England Section Officer of the Institute of Navigation.. He earned his M.S. in electrical engineering from Northeastern University. 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.