A. Overview Articles --; High Precision Navigation with Satellites --; Navigational Methods of Measurement in Geodetic Surveying --; Geodetic Positioning by Inertial and Satellite Systems: An Overview --; GPS Geodesy: A Status Report --; Vehicle Guidance by Computer Vision --; Vision and Navigation for the Carnegie Mellon Navlab --; Error Characteristics of Inertial Systems from the View-point of Oscillation Theory --; Integration of INS and GPS Measurements --; B. Satellite Techniques --; Adaptive Antennas for GPS --; Empirical Accuracy of Positions Computed from Airborne GPS Data --; Integrated Navigation System for Approach Guidance for Regional Air-Traffic Using GPS --; GPS Receiver Development in the Space Research Centre Warsaw --; The Monocular Electro-Optical Stereo Scanner (MEOSS) Satellite Experiment --; Alternative Modeling of GPS Carrier Phases for Geodetic Network Analysis --; Frontend Design for High Accurate Positioning with GPS --; Combining GPS and Classical Geodetic Surveys for Crustal Deformation in the Imperial Valley, California --; C. Topographic Applications --; Digital Terrain Models of Forest Areas by Airborne Laser Profiling --; Advances in Radar Altimetry Techniques for Topographic Mapping --; A KU-Band Solid State Radar Altimeter for Topographic Application --; Quality Analysis of Platform Orientation Parameters for Airborne Laser Profiling Systems --; Radar Altimetry for Land Applications --; D. Image Processing --; Motion Estimation in Image Sequences --; Precision of Geometric Features Derived from Image Sequences --; Towards Autonomous Navigation Utilizing Image Sequence Analysis --; Depth from Stereo Image Sequences --; Systolic Arrays for Block Matching Algorithms --; Modulation Transfer Function Obtained from Image Structures --; Symbolic Image Descriptions for Relational Matching --; E. Close Range Mensuration --; Motorized Electronic Theodolites --; High Precision Measurement Robots for Surveying --; High Speed Infrared Tracking --; High Precision Surveying of Moving Objects by Electronic Cameras --; Pulsed Laser Radar for Close Range Operation in Space --; Real-Time Surveying in Close Range Area with Inertial Navigation Systems and Optical Target Tracking Techniques --; Multiple Target Tracking for Automatic Inland Navigation --; 3D-Mapping by a Semiconductor Laser Scanner, Description of an Experimental Setup --; F. Inertial Techniques --; A Model for Highly Precise Inertial-Survey Adjustments (Summary) --; Advances in Strapdown Systems for Geodetic Applications --; Some Experiences with the LTN-72 Aircraft Platform in Terrestrial Applications --; Separation of Gravitational and Inertial Accelerations with a Combined Inertial Navigation and Gravity-Gradiometer System --; The Physics of NMR Gyroscopes --; Data Processing for GPS/INS Integration --; Integration of INS, GPS and Doppler for Helicopter Navigation --; Highly Stabilized Infrared Diode-Laser for Optical Pumping of Rb-Xe-NMR Gyroscope --; Comparative Study of Inertial Measurement Systems for Geodetic Applications.
The book is based on an international workshop on High Precision Navigation. The reader will find a wealth of information on - satellite navigation systems and their geodetic applications, especially using GPS - laser and radar techniques - image processing and image sequence analysis - autonomous vehicle guidance systems - inertial navigation systems - integration of different sensor systems.
Proceedings of an International Workshop, Stuttgart and Altensteig, May 1988, organized by the Sonderforschungsbereich 228 (Special Collaborative Programme) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft