Course detail
Geodesy and basic space geodesy
FAST-GE21Acad. year: 2012/2013
Figure of the Earth, retational ellipsoid, conventional ellipsoides, systems of coordinates, radius of curvature, sphere, spherical excess, normal sections, geodesic, direct problem and inverse problem on sphere (ellipsoid), gravity field of Earth, equipotential surfaces, plumb line, normal of ellipsoid, geoid, deflection of the vertical, reduction observations to ellipsoid, network adjustment, geodetic and astronomic networks, reference systems and reference frames,GPS satellites, satellite orbit, time systems, GPS observations, systematic errors in GPS data, solutions of GPS baselines, application in geodetic fields, transformation to cartographic projection, GPS heighting, DGPS, RTK-GPS
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Course curriculum
2. Systems of coordinates on rotational ellipsoid
3. Radius of curvature, sphere, spherical excess.
4. Normal sections, geodesic.
5. Direct problem and inverse problem on sphere (ellipsoid)
6. Gravity field of Earth, equipotential surfaces, plumb line, geoid
7. Gravimetric methods, gravimeters
8. Deflection of vertical,reduction observations to ellipsoid
9. Networks of trigonometry, heighs and gravimetry.
10. Reference systems and reference frames
11. Satellite and its orbits, time systems.
12. GPS measurements, systematic errors, solutions of GPS baselines
13. Application GPS in geodetic fields,transformation to cartographic projections,DGPS, RTK
14. Height systems and GPS heighting
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Basic literature
Cimbálník, M., Mervart: Vyšší geodézie 1. ČVUT Praha, 1997. (CS)
Czarnecki, K.: Geodezja wspólczesna. Wiedza i Zycie Warszawa, 1997.
Vykutil, J.: Vyšší geodézie. Kartografie Praha, 1982. (CS)
WEIGEL, J. MACHOTKA, R.: Vyšší geodézie a základy kosmické geodézie. VUT, 2009. (CS)
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2. Systems of coordinates on rotational ellipsoid
3. Radius of curvature, sphere, spherical excess.
4. Normal sections, geodesic.
5. Direct problem and inverse problem on sphere (ellipsoid)
6. Gravity field of Earth, equipotential surfaces, plumb line, geoid
7. Gravimetric methods, gravimeters
8. Deflection of vertical,reduction observations to ellipsoid
9. Networks of trigonometry, heighs and gravimetry.
10. Reference systems and reference frames
11. Satellite and its orbits, time systems.
12. GPS measurements, systematic errors, solutions of GPS baselines
13. Application GPS in geodetic fields,transformation to cartographic projections,DGPS, RTK
14. Height systems and GPS heighting
Exercise
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2. Spherical triangles, spherical excess
3. Sphere, Geodetic direct and inverse solution
4. Reference ellipsoid, Coordinate transformation
5. Computing on the ellipsoid surface, radius of curvature
6. Precise leveling - tests of leveling instruments
7. Precise leveling - practical measurements
8. GNSS - practical measurements
9. GNSS - calkulations in LGO
10. Recapitulation and credit