Basic course outline Classes 1: Coordinate and Time systems 2: Satellite orbital motions 3: Estimation procedures 4: GPS Observables 5: Propagation medium 6: Mathematical model of GPS observables 7: Methods of processing GPs data 22443442 8: Applications and examples of GPs 12540Lec01 Topics to be covered Coordinate and time systems When working at the millimeter level globally, how do you define a coordinate system What does latitude, longitude and height really mean at this accuracy Light propagates 30 cm in 1 nano-second, how is time defined 02/5/03 12540Lec0102/05/03 12.540 Lec 01 5 Basic course outline • • • • • • • • Classes 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 2 1: Coordinate and Time systems 2: Satellite orbital motions 3: Estimation procedures 4: GPS Observables 5: Propagation medium 6: Mathematical model of GPS observables 7: Methods of processing GPS data 8: Applications and examples of GPS. 02/05/03 12.540 Lec 01 6 Topics to be covered • system Coordinate and time systems: – When working at the millimeter level globally, how do you define a coordinate – What does latitude, longitude, and height really mean at this accuracy – Light propagates 30 cm in 1 nano-second, how is time defined 3