A review of satellite positioning systems for civil engineering

Roberts, Gethin Wyn; Tang, Xu; Brown, Chris

Abstract

This paper informs and updates civil engineers of the status and advances of global navigation satellite systems, and how this will affect the profession in the near future. An overview of the various global and regional systems is given. Real data are used to show the potential precision of the US Global Positioning System and other global navigation satellite systems, as well as the advantages of using a multi-system approach. The results illustrate that there is a clear increase in the availability of satellites through a multi-system approach, as well as an improvement in the resulting coordinate precision.

Citation

Roberts, G. W., Tang, X., & Brown, C. (2015). A review of satellite positioning systems for civil engineering. Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, 168(4), 185-192. https://doi.org/10.1680/cien.15.00013

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 30, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Aug 18, 2015
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Deposit Date: Oct 12, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 12, 2017
• Journal: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering
• Print ISSN: 0965-089X
• Electronic ISSN: 1751-7672
• Publisher: Thomas Telford
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 168
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 185-192
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1680/cien.15.00013
• Keywords: communications & control systems; information technology; land surveying
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/758784
• Publisher URL: http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/10.1680/cien.15.00013
• Contract Date: Oct 12, 2017