Global Positioning System (GPS) surveying is now seen as a true three dimensional tool and GPS heighting can be a viable alternative to other more conventional forms of height measurement. This paper examines the limitations and possibilities of GPS heighting. The first part of the paper details the limitations of GPS heighting, including those factors that affect the GPS height measurement its...

Ground-reflected global positioning system signals measured by a geodetic-quality GPS system can be used to infer temporal changes in near-surface soil moisture for the area surrounding the antenna. This technique, known as GPS-interferometric reflectometry, analyzes changes in the interference pattern of the direct and reflected signals, which are recorded in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) data, ...

Nowadays, with the incursion of low-cost GNSS receivers modern characteristics, it is common to investigate and apply new methodologies solutions different this nature. Based on fact, performance solution obtained from receiver evaluated compared a geodetic grade at sampling frequencies for PPP-static PPP-kinematic modes. For this, original RINEX observation files were analyzed decimated into r...

The lithosphere, which includes the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle, is the mechanically strong outer shell of the Earth. The lithosphere is broken into a dozen or so pieces, called the tectonic plates. Constant motions between these tectonic plates cause lithospheric deformation, which leads to mountain building, earthquakes, and many other geological processes, including geohazards...

We determine coseismic and the first-month postseismic deformation associated with the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004 from nearfield Global Positioning System (GPS) surveys in northwestern Sumatra and along the Nicobar-Andaman islands, continuous and campaign GPS measurements from Thailand and Malaysia, and in situ and remotely sensed observations of the vertical motion of coral...

The need to determine accurate heights relative to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) is more prevalent today than ever before. Projects are no longer isolated unto themselves, or designed in a box. Due to global and regional issues such as the environment, and municipal planning, the need to represent the topographic features of the earth accurately in three dimensions is of p...

The Global Positioning System (GPS) can be utilised in a wide range of deformation monitoring applications. During the past few years a methodology has been developed for processing data collected by GPS networks consisting of a mixed set of single-frequency and dual-frequency receivers. The strategy is to deploy a few permanent GPS stations with dual-frequency, geodetic-grade receivers surroun...

The objective of the research described in this paper is to develop a Kalman filter-based functional model for single-frequency positioning which is suitable for low dynamic platforms such as cars or boats. No external sensors are used and the precise velocity information comes from the time-differenced carrier-phase measurements. The Kalman filter combines these measurements with undifferenced...

This article describes currently used analysis strategy and data analysis software for geodetic VLBI. Today’s geodetic observing strategies are shortly presented, and the geodetic VLBI observables and data modeling are briefly discussed. A short overview is given on existing geodetic VLBI software packages and the statistical approaches that are applied. Necessary improvements of today’s analys...

A subset S of vertices in a graph G is a called a geodetic dominating set if S is both a geodetic set and a (standard) dominating set. In this paper, we study geodetic domination on graphs.