Industry Short Courses
The School of Surveying & SIS is prepared to run Industry Short Courses
of 1, 2 or 5 day duration.
Please contact
the School regarding these offerings ... or the lecturer/presenter
concerned (see below) ...
RTK-GPS/GNSS for the Modern Surveyor
19-20 February 2009, UNSW, Sydney
The course will present an overview of basic GPS/GNSS for surveyors followed by some theory on how GPS, and specifically GPS-RTK works, major error sources, and some tips on practical use and avoiding pitfalls. Information about Network-RTK techniques, and the SydNet reference station network will be presented. Some hands-on exercises will help surveyors better utilise a range of free online GPS services available to them. The major GPS manufacturers will be invited to showcase their latest technology.
Lecturer: Dr. Craig Roberts
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Lidar Data Acquisition & Processing
23-24 February 2009, UNSW, Sydney
There will be an introduction on Day 1 and in-depth material will be presented on Day 2. Attendance may be for 1 or 2 days. Topics covered will include: introduction to DEMs; ALS acquisition and applications, including DEMs extraction and forestry; errors and calibration; processing, demonstration of software; and presentations by several users.
Lecturer: Prof. John Trinder
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PAST COURSES
Radar Remote Sensing
Short Course
27 September - 1 October 2004
In this course learn about the theory & application of
radar systems for airborne & satelliteborne remote sensing, including
passive & active microwave remote sensing for DEM generation,
differential InSAR, natural resource mapping, etc.
Lecturers: Prof. Bruce Forster, Dr. Linlin Ge, and industry speakers
Integrated Navigation
Systems for Mobile Imaging
13-14 December 2004
In this course the technical challenges associated with
the integration of GPS, INS and other sensors for direct vehicle-based
and airborne geo-referencing will be described, and examples of
LIDAR and mobile mapping applications presented.
Lecturer: Prof. Dorota Brzezinska (Ohio State University, U.S.A.)
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An Introduction to
Precise Point Positioning
15 December 2004
This course will introduce the principles of non-differenced
GPS positioning using a single receiver, and discuss the current
status of this new, innovative, high accuracy GPS positioning
concept.
Lecturer: Prof. Yang Gao (University of Calgary, Canada)
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Advanced RTK: Concepts
& Operations
7-8 February 2005
RTK-GPS is a powerful point coordination technique as well
as increasingly critical in engineering and machine guidance applications
É learn about the theory & practice of traditional single reference
station and network-based RTK techniques, with demonstrations
of RTK using the SydNET reference station network.
Lecturers: Prof. Chris Rizos, Dr. Craig Roberts, Mr. Thomas Yan,
and demonstrations by equipment agents
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Radar Remote Sensing
Short Course
26-30 September 2005
In this course learn about the theory & application of
radar systems for airborne & satelliteborne remote sensing, including
passive & active microwave remote sensing for DEM generation,
differential InSAR, natural resource mapping, etc.
Lecturers: Prof. Bruce Forster, Dr. Linlin Ge, and industry speakers
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Introduction to
Radiolocation and GPS
17-21 October 2005, Portsmouth, U.K.
Introduction to radiolocation, GPS signal specifications,
GPS data messages, positioning principles, positioning errors,
reference systems, differential GPS, augmentation systems, receiver
design, Glonass & Galileo, GPS modernization.
Lecturer: Prof. Andrew Dempster
Inside GPS Receiver
Hardware
23-24 November 2005, Adelaide, Australia
In this course learn what goes on inside a GPS receiver,
including signal specifications, problems receiver designers must
overcome, frontend RF & correlator design, signal acquisition
& tracking, how measurements are made, and a discussion of off-the-shelf
solutions such as boardsets & chipsets.
Lecturer: Prof. Andrew Dempster
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GPS for Beginners
6 February 2006, UNSW, Sydney
GPS description & historical overview, Standard &
Precise Positioning Services, signal structure, code & carrier
measurements, error sources, positioning concepts, SPS performance
& limitations, choosing a GPS receiver & next generation
GNSS.
Lecturer: Prof. Chris Rizos
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Principles of GPS
7 February 2006, UNSW, Sydney
GPS receivers & signals, orbits & data messages,
observations & modelling, datums & heighting, point positioning,
mitigating biases & errors, RTCM & DGPS, NMEA output,
introduction to carrier phase-based positioning.
Lecturer: Prof. Chris Rizos
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Inside a GPS
Receiver
8 February 2006, UNSW, Sydney
In this course learn what goes on inside a GPS receiver,
including signal specifications, frontend RF & correlator design,
signal acquisition & tracking, how measurements are made, and
new GNSS signals: L2C, L5, Galileo.
Lecturer: Prof. Andrew Dempster
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Introduction to GPS
Surveying
8 February 2006, UNSW, Sydney
GPS observables & positioning performance, carrier
phase observation modelling, baseline estimation, ambiguity resolution,
factors affecting accuracy, static-rapid static-kinematic positioning
techniques, OTF & RTK techniques, planning & field procedures
for GPS surveying, integrating baselines into networks, standards
& specifications, future directions of high accuracy GNSS.
Lecturers: Prof. Chris Rizos, Dr. Craig Roberts
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RTK-GPS: Concepts
& Operations
9-10 February 2006, UNSW, Sydney
RTK-GPS is a powerful point coordination technique as well
as increasingly critical in engineering and machine guidance applications
É learn about the theory & practice of traditional single reference
station and network-based RTK techniques, with demonstrations
of RTK using the SydNET reference station network.
Lecturers: Prof. Chris Rizos, Dr. Craig Roberts, Mr. Thomas Yan,
and demonstrations by equipment agents
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the brochure ...
GPS: From the Beginning
27-28 November 2006, UNSW, Sydney
GPS description & historical overview, Standard &
Precise Positioning Services, signal structure, code & carrier
measurements and modelling, SPS performance & limitations,
datums & heighting, error sources, mitigating biases &
errors, RTCM & DGPS, positioning concepts, choosing a GPS
receiver, & next generation GNSS.
Lecturer: Prof. Chris Rizos
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GNSS: What Comes
After GPS?
29 November 2006, UNSW, Sydney
This course will introduce the GPS ÔmodernizationÕ plans,
discuss the revitalisation of the Russian FederationÕs GLONASS,
and describe the new EU Galileo Program. In addition, global and
regional space-based augmentation systems such as WAAS, EGNOS,
MSAS, QZSS, Beidou and GAGAN will be discussed. Next generation
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) will mean significantly
increased satellite availability, with at least 60 GNSS satellites
in orbit within 5 years, many more signals and codes to track,
and the development of new products and services for users.
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Andrew Demspter
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GNSS Carrier Phase Ambiguity Resolution - Key to High Precision Applications
7 December 2007, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Introduction to GNSS, integer ambiguity estimators, the float & fixed ambiguity baseline, integer boot-strapping, integer least squares, the LAMBDA Method, special topics.
Lecturer: Prof. Peter Teunissen, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands
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RTK-GPS/GNSS for the Modern Surveyor
14-15 February 2008, UNSW, Sydney
The course will present an overview of basic GPS/GNSS for surveyors followed by some theory on how GPS, and specifically GPS-RTK works, major error sources, and some tips on practical use and avoiding pitfalls. Information about Network-RTK techniques, and the SydNet reference station network will be presented. Some hands-on exercises will help surveyors better utilise a range of free online GPS services available to them. The major GPS manufacturers will be invited to showcase their latest technology.
Lecturer: Dr. Craig Roberts
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the brochure ...
Airborne Laser Scanning
25-26 February 2008, UNSW, Sydney
There will be an introduction on Day 1 and in-depth material will be presented on Day 2. Attendance may be for 1 or 2 days. Topics covered will include: introduction to DEMs; ALS acquisition and applications, including DEMs extraction and forestry; errors and calibration; processing, demonstration of software; and presentations by several users.
Lecturer: Prof. John Trinder
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the brochure ...
Engineering Aspects of GPS, Interference & Jamming
16-17 July 2008, Adelaide, Australia
A two-day course covering the basics of the Global Positioning System (GPS), suitable for the novice as well as professionals that deal with GPS technology on a daily basis. Particular attention will be given to the fundamentals of GPS signals, measurement data processing, hardware, and augmentations. The course will cover the current and future system, GPS signals and measurements, satellite constellation, positioning principles, coordinates and reference systems, measurement errors and biases, data processing strategies, accuracy and quality control issues, high precision techniques such as DGPS and baseline determination using carrier phase, receiver hardware components and interfacing to other devices, current and future applications.
Lecturers: Prof. Andrew Dempster & Mr. Matthew Trinkle
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Network-based RTK GPS and Precise Point Positioning
6-7 August 2008
In this course the basics of single-base and network-based RTK GPS will be presented, illustrated with examples from the N-RTK implementation in Ohio State by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey. PPP will also be discussed.
Lecturer: Prof. Dorota Brzezinska (Ohio State University, U.S.A.)
Engineering Aspects of GPS including Receiver Design
4-5 November 2008, Sydney, Australia
A two-day course covering the basics of the Global Positioning System (GPS), suitable for the novice as well as professionals that deal with GPS technology on a daily basis. Particular attention will be given to the fundamentals of GPS signals, measurement data processing, hardware, and augmentations. The course will cover the current and future system, GPS signals and measurements, satellite constellation, positioning principles, coordinates and reference systems, measurement errors and biases, data processing strategies, accuracy and quality control issues, high precision techniques such as DGPS and baseline determination using carrier phase, receiver hardware components and interfacing to other devices, current and future applications.
Lecturers: Prof. Andrew Dempster
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