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Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Applications

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Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Applications

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This course is highly valuable for civil engineers, surveyors, and geospatial professionals seeking expertise in modern positioning technologies. It helps learners understand high-accuracy positioning methods, improves field data collection capabilities, and enhances career opportunities in surveying, GIS, transportation systems, and smart infrastructure projects. The knowledge gained is also useful for advanced studies and research in geospatial technologies.

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Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Applications

20 Lectures

696 min

  • Introduction to Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)

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    48 min

  • How position is determined by the GNSS? (Part-I)

    40 min

  • How position is determined by the GNSS? (Part-II)

    53 min

  • How position is determined by the GNSS? (Part-III)

    37 min

  • NAVSTAR - Global Positioning System

    33 min

  • Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS)

    21 min

  • BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)

    33 min

  • Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)

    30 min

  • GALILEO

    31 min

  • Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS)

    22 min

  • Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS)

    25 min

  • REAL-TIME KINEMATIC (RTK)

    25 min

  • Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS)

    38 min

  • GNSS Errors

    29 min

  • GNSS Correction Methods

    32 min

  • Why altitude estimated by GNSS receivers is not very accurate

    27 min

  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Applications - I

    34 min

  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Applications - II

    38 min

  • GNSS: Current Trends and Future

    62 min

  • GNSS: Opportunities in India

    38 min

Course details

The Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Applications course introduces the principles, components, and functioning of satellite-based positioning and navigation systems such as GPS and other global constellations. It explains how satellite signals are used to determine precise position, velocity, and time information for engineering and scientific applications.

The course covers system architecture, signal structure, error sources, and positioning techniques, with a strong emphasis on practical applications in surveying, mapping, transportation, geodesy, and infrastructure monitoring. Learners gain a solid foundation in satellite navigation concepts and their growing role in modern civil and geospatial engineering.

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Course suitable for

  • Telecommunication
  • Aerospace
  • Civil & Structural

Key topics covered

  1. Introduction to GNSS and satellite navigation systems

  2. GNSS constellations and system architecture

  3. Satellite orbits and signal structure

  4. GNSS positioning principles

  5. Error sources and accuracy improvement techniques

  6. Differential GPS and augmentation systems

  7. GNSS receivers and field measurements

  8. Applications in surveying and mapping

  9. GNSS in transportation and navigation

  10. Infrastructure monitoring and deformation studies

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