Optimal Design in Geodetic GNSS-based Networks

Geodetic Sensor Systems and Sensor Networks: Positioning and Applications

This contribution focuses on geodetic sensor systems and sensor networks for positioning and applications. The key problems in this area will be addressed together with an overview of applications. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and other geodetic techniques play a central role in many applications like engineering, mapping and remote sensing. These techniques include precise positi...

Optimal Design in Ge- odetic GNSS-based Networks

Cors Growth and Applications in Australia and Indonesia

Since the definition of the Geocentric Datum of Australia in 1994 (GDA94), Australia has had a GPS continuously operating reference station (CORS) network for datum maintenance. The Australian Fiducial Network (AFN) now comprises eight geologically stable, geodetic quality GNSS CORS stations which also contribute to the Australian Regional Geodetic Network and the International GNSS Network. In...

Basic Concepts of Optimization and Design of Geodetic Networks

This contribution reviews a few basic concepts of optimization and design of a geodetic network. Proper assessment and analysis of networks is an important task in many geodetic-surveying projects. Appropriate quality-control measures should be defined, and an optimal design should be sought. The quality of a geodetic network is characterized by precision, reliability, and cost. The aim is to p...

Sea level observations using multi-system GNSS reflectometry

Information on sea level and its changes are important in connection to global climate change processes. For centuries, sea level has been observed with coastal tide gauges and since some decades with satellite altimetry. Furthermore, during recent years the application of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) reflectometry, also known as GNSS-R, for sea level observations has been develope...