Introduction to geodesy, the earth and its motions, gravity field of the earth, the geoid, datums and coordinate systems, direct/inverse geodetic problems; basic concepts of satellite positioning, GNSS signal structure, orbital determination, pseudorange, carrier-phase and Doppler measurements, linear combinations of GNSS observables, GNSS errors and biases, mathematical models for absolute and relative positioning, static, kinematic and real-time kinematic (RTK) GNSS positioning, practical considerations. Lect: 3 hrs./Lab: 2 hrs. Prerequisite: CVL 352 Course Weight: 1.00 Billing Units: 1
