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GPS in Navigational Applications

Chih Hung Jason Chao, Xiaoli Ding

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The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a very accurate positioning tool and has been successfully applied to surveying, geodesy, navigation and many other fields. The paper provides an overview of GPS in navigation. It first briefly describes the development and principles of GPS; then discusses the different GPS based positioning methods in navigation; and finally, reviews the various systems for air, land and marine navigation.

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Key concepts: Global Positioning System, Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver, Computer science, Receiver autonomous integrity monitoring, Satellite navigation, Remote sensing, Assisted GPS, Geodesy