I. Lab Material - Spring, 2003

1. TheLab 8 write-up, assignment and questions.  This is the same write-up that is in your lab manual. 
   
2. GPS Data sets and instructions for downloads.

II. Selected Internet Resources

• The web version of my GPS lectures (best viewed with MS Explorer).
  

• Peter Dana's GPS overview, a must read.  See also his pages on geodetic datums and coordinate systems.

• "Why GPS?", a simple, complete, nicely illustrated explanation of GPS, from Trimble Navigation.
  
  
• Joe and Jack's GPS information - consumer-oriented pages covering a wide range of topics, including equipment reviews, software, maps, datums and more.
  

• NOAA's National Geodetic Survey coordinates a network of continuously operating reference stations (CORS) that provide GPS measurements in support of 3-D positioning activities throughout the US and its territories.
  

• In Texas, the Department of Transportation posts daily regional reference station data for all major metropolitan areas for use in DGPS post-processing.
  

• US Coast Guard, real-time DGPS coverage is available along navigable waterways, coastal regions, and some inland areas via signals broadcast from reference station beacons.

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