United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

Education Resources

Available education, including GNSS and its applications

• Education Curriculum on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), ST/SPACE/59: http://www.unoosa.org
• UN-affiliated regional Centres for Space Science and Technology Education: www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/SAP/centres /index.html
• United Nations/Italy Long-term Fellowship Programme On GNSS and Related Applications, Master in Navigation and Related Applications (MNA): www.unoosa.org/oosa/SAP/gnss/fellowships.html
• Galileo Information Center for Latin America: http://www.galileoic.org/la/
• Asian Institute of Technology, Geoinformatics Centre: http://www.geoinfo.ait.ac.th/gps/index.html
• NAVKIT education tool: http://www.navsas.eu/
• Research group of Astronomy and GEomatics (gAGE), Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain:  http://www.gage.es/TEACHING_MATERIAL
• ESA International Summer School on Global Navigation Satellite Systems: http://www.esa.int/esaNA/SEMQWXQVEAG_index_0.html
• Master of Science (MSc) in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS): http://www.enac.fr/en
  • MSc GNSS 2012 Programme Leaflet (.pdf)

• Second International School on Satellite Navigation Technologies (in Russian only), 16 - 23 September 2012, Riazan, Russian Federation: http://www.school.oninnovations.ru/
• International Collaboration Centre for R&D on Satellite Navigation Technology in South East Asia - NAVIS Centre, Vietnam: http://navis.hut.edu.vn/
• Summer School : "Multi-GNSS environment for sustainable development, Hoi An, Vietnam, 9 - 13 September 2013: http://navis.hust.edu.vn/
  • Announcement (.pdf, in English only)

Open Source Softwares related to GNSS

• RTKLib - GNSS differential processing including real-time and post-processed solutions: http://www.rtklib.com
• gLAB - Single receiver processing including SPP and PPP: http://gage14.upc.es/gLAB
• GNSS Internet Radio - Open Source NTRIP software: http://igs.bkg.bund.de/ntrip/download
• QGIS - Open Source GIS software: http://www.qgis.org
• DraftSight - Open Source CAD package: http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/overview
• NeQuick Model: http://t-ict4d.ictp.it/nequick2

Public Outreach by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) as the ICG Executive Secretariat

• The International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems: A system of systems
  Yearbook and Directory of Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors 2010

Education and Public Outreach

• Global Positioning System, Serving the World: http://www.gps.gov/
• GPS Applications Exchange: http://gpshome.ssc.nasa.gov/default.aspx

Internet Courses on Global Navigation Satellite Systems:

• University of Maine, USA: http://www.gnss.umaine.edu

Relevant standard text books on GNSS and its applications

1. M.S. Grewal, L.R. Weill, A.P. Andrews: Global Positioning Systems, Inertial Navigation, and Integration, Wiley-Interscience, 2000, ISBN: 047135032X

2. J.A. Farrell: The Global Positioning System and Inertial Navigation, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1998, ISBN: 007022045X

3. A.A.L. Andrade: The Global Navigation Satellite System: Navigating into the New Millennium (Ashgate Studies in Aviation Economics and Management), Ashgate Pub Ltd, 2001, ISBN: 0754618250

4. J. A. Farrell: Aided Navigation: GPS with High Rate Sensors, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.

5. L. Letham: GPS Made Easy, Mountaineers Books

6. R. I. Egbert: The GPS Handbook, Revised and Updated Edition: A Guide for the Outdoors, Burford Books

7. L. T. Rinehart: The Captain's Guide to the Wrecks and Reefs of Florida's East and West Coast, the Keys & the Bahamas: Over 1000 GPS and Loran Coordinates for Fisherman, Boa, Hatherleigh Press

8. W. Sarasua and J. C. McCormac: Geomatics, Wiley & Sons

9. L. Harte and B. Levitan: GPS Quick Course: Technology, Systems and Operation, Althos

10. S. W. Hinch: Outdoor Navigation with GPS, Wilderness Press

11. F. K. Brunner: Advances in Positioning and Reference Frames: Iag Scientific Assembly, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, September 3-9, 1997 (International Association of Geodesy Symposia), Springer-Verlag GmbH

12. J. Karl: Celestial Navigation in the GPS Age, Paradise Cay Publications

13. Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Klaus Legat, Manfred Wieser: Navigation - Principles of Positioning and Guidance. Springer, Wien New York 2003 [ Book Summary]

14. Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, Elmar Wasle: GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and more), Springer, Wien, New York, 2008

15. Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins: Global Positioning System (Theory and Practice), Springer, Wien, New York, Fifth, revised edition, 2001 [ Book Summary]

16. Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, Elmar Wasle: GNSS- Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GPS, Glonass, Galileo and more), Springer, Wien, New York, 2008

17. Principles of Positioning and Guidance. Springer, Wien New York, 2003

18. Frank Van Diggelen, A-GPS, Assisted GPS, GNSS, and SBASArtech House, Boston, London, 2009

19. Werner Mansfeld, Satellitenortung und Navigation (Grundlagen,Wirkungsweise und Anwendung globaler Satellitennavigationssysteme), 3. Auflage, Praxis, Vieweg+Teubner, Berlin, 2010

20. Julien Subilia, L'utilisation des signaux satellitaires dans l'aviation civile internationale. Aspects institutionnels et juridiques. Bruylant, Schulthess Éditions Romandes. [ Book cover and annexes]

21. K. Davis, Ionospheric Radio, Peter Peregrinus Ltd. London, UK, 1990

22. R. Schunk and A. Nagy. Ionospheres: Phyiscs, Plasma Physics and Chemistry (2nd ed). Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK, 2009

23. B.W. Parkinson and J J Spilker, Jr (eds). (1996): Global Positioning System: Theory and Applications (Vol. I.). AIAA. Washington, DC.

24. M. Capderou, Satellites, Orbits and Missions. Springer Verlag France. Paris, France, 2005

25. Shumway, R H, D S Stoffer, Time Series Analysis and Its Applications (with R examples) (3rd ed). Springer Verlag. New York, NY, 2011

26. J-M. Zogg, GPS: Essentials of navigation (Compedium). u-blox AG. Thalwill, Switzerland, 2010. Available at: http://bit.ly/fhT71T

27. M. Hapgood,  and A Thomson, Space weather: Its impact on Earth and implications for business. Lloyd's 360º Risk Insight. London, UK, 2010. Available at: http://bit.ly/9Pjk9R

28. W. Zucchini and O Nenadić, Time Series Analysis with R - Part I. University of Goettingen, Germany, 2011. Availbale at: http://bit.ly/HsiVH

29. P. Kuhnert and B Venables, An Introduction to R: Software for Statistical Modelling & Computing. CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences. Cleveland, Australia, 2005

30. Earth-prints. Internet repository of scientific papers. Available at: http://www.earth-prints.org/

Relevant educational materials

• Sumatran Plate Boundary Project:  http://www.tectonics.caltech.edu/sumatra/public.html
• Amazon natives use Google Earth, GPS to protect rainforest home: http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1114-google_earth-act.html
• The NSTA Learning Center: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/stlouis07/GPS/symposium.aspx
• RAND Corporation: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR614/
• RAND Corporation, Global Positioning System, Market Projections and Trends in the Newest Global Information Utility: http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP740/
• United States Power Squadrons: Educational Department: http://www.usps.org/e_stuff/Basic.html
• Schools in the Atmosheric, Oceanic, Hydrologic and Related Sciences: http://www.ametsoc.org/amsucar_curricula/appendices_ucar_uop.cfm
• The Institute of Navigation, Navigation Education Materials: http://www.ion.org/satdiv/education.cfm
• GPS Educational Resources: http://www.maps-gps-info.com/ed-resources.html
• The Globe Program, Teacher's Guide: http://www.globe.gov/tctg/tgchapter.jsp?sectionId=41
• International GNSS Service (NASA): http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/
• European Position Determination System (EUPOS): http://bit.ly/hPxPLa
• Space Physics Interactive Data Resource (NOAA): http://bit.ly/fOA26E
• The R project for statistical computing and graphics (free software, manuals and tutorials): http://www.r-project.org/
• GPStk (GPS Toolkit, University of Texas in Austin): http://bit.ly/JMGpy
• The Toolkit for GPS/GLONASS/Galileo/SBAS Data, Unavco Facility: http://bit.ly/hxDeGn

 

Journals on Global Navigation Satellite Systems available on the web

• InsideGNSS (Engineering Solutions for the Global Navigation Satellite System Community): http://www.insidegnss.com
• Coordinates (Positioning, Navigation and Beyond): http://www.mycoordinates.org
• GPS World (The Business and Technology of Global Navigation and Positioning): http://www.gpsworld.com
• Mobile Communications (in Russian only): http://www.mobilecomm.ru
  

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