[DC-02-003] Global Navigation Satellite Systems

Learning outcomes

• 880 - Discuss the relationship of GPS to the Global Satellite Navigation System
  Discuss the relationship of GPS to the Global Satellite Navigation System
• 883 - Discuss the role of GPS in location-based services (LBS)
  Discuss the role of GPS in location-based services (LBS)
• 913 - Distinguish between horizontal and vertical accuracies when using coarse acquisition codes/standard positioning service (C-codes) and precision acquisition codes/precise positioning service (P-codes)
  Distinguish between horizontal and vertical accuracies when using coarse acquisition codes/standard positioning service (C-codes) and precision acquisition codes/precise positioning service (P-codes)
• 981 - Explain "selective availability," why it was discontinued in 2000, and what alternatives are available to the U.S. Department of Defense
  Explain "selective availability," why it was discontinued in 2000, and what alternatives are available to the U.S. Department of Defense
• 1040 - Explain how GPS receivers calculate coordinate data
  Explain how GPS receivers calculate coordinate data
• 1196 - Explain the relationship of the U.S. Global Positioning System with comparable systems sponsored by Russia and the European Union and the Global Navigation Satellite System
  Explain the relationship of the U.S. Global Positioning System with comparable systems sponsored by Russia and the European Union and the Global Navigation Satellite System
• 1198 - Explain the relevance of the concept of trilateration to both GPS positioning and control surveying
  Explain the relevance of the concept of trilateration to both GPS positioning and control surveying
• 1453 - List, define, and rank the sources of error associated with GPS positioning
  List, define, and rank the sources of error associated with GPS positioning
• 1502 - Perform differential correction of GPS data using reference data from a CORS station
  Perform differential correction of GPS data using reference data from a CORS station
• 1580 - Specify the features of a GPS receiver that is able to achieve geometric accuracies on the order of centimeters without post-processing
  Specify the features of a GPS receiver that is able to achieve geometric accuracies on the order of centimeters without post-processing

Related topics

• [DC-05-001] Professional Land Surveying
• [DC-05-002] Land records