SNAP News and Events in 2003

Research grants (2003+)
SNAP news
SNAP seminars
Comings and goings in 2003
Honours and awards in 2003
SNAP Visitors in 2003
Rizos' travels in 2003
Where we'll be in 2003
SNAP publications in 2003
Lectures at conferences and workshops in 2003

Research grants for 2003+

The Australian Research Council (ARC) & other peer-reviewed grants that are active in 2003 or beyond:

• ARC-SPIRT scheme (Strategic Partnership with Industry - Research & Training) APAI (mid2001-mid2004): "Development of Communications and Information Technologies in Support of Integrated GPS Reference Station Networks", Prof. C. Rizos.
• ARC-SPIRT scheme (Strategic Partnership with Industry - Research & Training) (2001-2003): "An Integrated GPS and Pseudolite Surveying System for Steelwork Applications", Prof. C. Rizos & Dr. J. Wang.
• ARC-Discovery scheme (2002-2004): "Integrated Space Geodetic Techniques for Ground Subsidence Monitoring Due to Underground Mining and Similar Activities", Prof. C. Rizos & Dr. L. Ge (includes ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr. Ge).
• ARC-Linkage (International) (2002-2003): "An Integrated Bridge Monitoring System Based on the GPS and Pseudolite Technologies", Prof. C. Rizos & Dr. J. Barnes, with the Institute of Engineering Surveying & Space Geodesy, University of Nottingham (U.K.).
• ARC-Linkage scheme (mid2003-mid2006) (APA Industry PhD Scholarship, with QX Corporation Pty Ltd): "An Augmented-GPS Software Receiver for Indoor/Outdoor Positioning", Prof. C. Rizos & Dr. J. Wang.
• ARC-Linkage scheme (mid2003-mid2006) (APA Industry PhD Scholarship, with QASCO Pty Ltd): "Integration of GPS/Pseudolite/INS to Geo-Reference Airborne Surveying and Mapping Sensors", Dr. J. Wang & Assoc. Prof. W. Kearsley.
• ARC-Linkage scheme (2003-2005) (Thru QUT): "Development of Internet-based Kinematic GPS Solutions for Local and Regional Positioning Services", Prof. M. Moody (QUT), Dr. Y. Feng (QUT), & Prof. C. Rizos.
• ARC-Linkage scheme (mid-2003-2006) (The Australia Council and Sonic Objects): "Audio Nomad - A Location-Based Handheld Audio Device for Sound-Art Applications", Prof. C. Rizos & D. Woo (School of Computer Science & Eng., UNSW).
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  Nigel Helyer, Daniel Woo and Chris Rizos, with early version of PDA-based "Audio Nomad" device (2003)
  
  
• ARC-Discovery scheme (2003-2006): "Remote Sensing Based on Indirect GPS Signals", Prof. C. Rizos & Prof. K. Kubik (Univ. of Queensland).
• ARC-Discovery scheme (2003-2004): "Stochastic Modelling for High Precision GPS and Glonass Satellite Positioning", Dr. J. Wang.
• ARC-Discovery scheme (2004-2006): "Robust Positioning Based on Ultra-Tight Integration of GPS, Pseudolites and Inertial Sensors", Dr. J. Wang & Dr. J. Choi (School of Electrical Eng. & Telecommunications, UNSW).
• ARC-Linkage scheme (2004-2006) (Thru University of Melbourne): "A Marine Cadastre for Australia: Addressing Key Scientific & Policy Issues", Dr. P. Collier, Prof. I. Williamson, Mr. J. Leach, Dr. A. Rajabifard (all from Dept. of Geomatics, University of Melbourne), & Dr. C. Schofield.
• ARC-Linkage (International) (2004): "An Integrated Ground Deformation Monitoring System Based on the Integration of InSAR, GPS and GIS Technologies", Prof. C. Rizos & Dr. L.Ge, with the Dept. of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
• ACARP (Australian Coal Association Research Program) (2002-2003): "Monitoring Ground Subsidence Monitoring Using Integrated Space Geodetic Techniques", Prof. C. Rizos & Dr. L. Ge.
• FRG (Faculty Research Grant) (2003): "Optimisation of Trajectory and Dynamics for Integrated GPS/INS Systems", Dr. J. Wang & Dr. H.K. Lee.
• FRG (Faculty Research Grant) (2003-2005): "Claims to Straight Baselines: The Evolution of Global State Practice and its Implications for International Ocean Policy", Dr. C. Schofield.
• FRG (Faculty Research Grant) (2003): "Generation of High Accuracy and High Resolution Digital Elevation Models Using Multi-modal Satellite Radar Interferometry", Dr. L. Ge.
• FRG (Faculty Research Grant) (2003-2004): "Automated Intelligent Building Monitoring with Multi-Sensor GPS, Accelerometer, and FBG Systems", Dr. L. Ge, Dr. C. Ogaja & Ms. X. Li.
• RIBG (Research Infrastructure Block Grant) (2003): "Technical (Personnel) Support for New Research Direction: GPS Receiver Design & Multi-Sensor Integration", Prof. C. Rizos.
• UNSW Goldstar Grant (2004): "Safeguarding Australia: Maritime Security and Ocean Policy in Southeast Asia", Dr. C. Schofield.

Other news:

• Jinling Wang co-investigator with A/Prof. Bill Kearsley, and industry partner Qasco Pty Ltd, for an ARC-Linkage APAI grant application: "Integration of GPS/Pseudolite/INS to Geo-Reference Airborne Surveying and Mapping Sensors". Submitted to the ARC in December 2002. This was successful.
• Chris Rizos co-investigator with Dr. Daniel Woo (School of Computer Science & Eng., UNSW), and industry partners The Australia Council and Sonic Objects, for an ARC-Linkage APAI grant application: "Audio Nomad Ð A Location-Based Handheld Audio Device for Sound-Art Applications". Submitted to the ARC in December 2002. This was successful... see news release ...
• Chris Rizos co-investigator with Dr. Linlin Ge, Assoc. Prof. Kefei Zhang & Dr. Craig Roberts (Dept. of Geospatial Sciences, RMIT) & Dr. Allison Kealy (Dept. of Geometics, Univ. of Melbourne), and industry partners Land Victoria & NSW Dept. of Lands, for an ARC- Linkage grant application: "Real-time Atmospheric Modelling for Cm-level Positioning Based on Continuously Operating Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Reference Station Networks". Submitted to the ARC in November 2003.
• Dr. Andrew Dempster (Dept. of Electronic Systems, Univ. of Westminster) submitted an ARC-Discovery Australian Research Fellowship grant application: "Satellite Navigation Receiver Design Strategies for Weak Signal Environments". Submitted to the ARC in March. Unfortunately it was unsuccessful.
• Dr. Clive Schofield submitted an ARC-Discovery grant application: "Safeguarding Australia: Maritime Security and Ocean Policy in Southeast Asia". Submitted to the ARC in March. Unfortunately it was unsuccessful.
• Dr. Clive Schofield, co-investigator with Dr. Phil Collier, Prof. Ian Williamson, Mr. Joseph Leach, Dr. Abbas Rajabifard (all from Dept. of Geomatics, University of Melbourne), for an ARC-Linkage grant application: "A Marine Cadastre for Australia: Addressing Key Scientific & Policy Issues". Submitted to the ARC in May. This was successful.
• Jinling Wang co-investigator with Dr. Jinho Choi (School of Elect. Eng. & Telecommunications, UNSW), for an ARC-Discovery grant application: "Robust Positioning Based on Ultra-Tight Integration of GPS, Pseudolites and Inertial Sensors". Submitted to the ARC in March. This was successful.
• Linlin Ge submitted an ARC-Discovery grant application: "Generation of High Accuracy and High Resolution Digital Elevation Models Using Multi-Modal Satellite Radar Interferometry". Submitted to the ARC in March. Unfortunately it was unsuccessful.
• Chris Rizos co-investigator with Prof. Kurt Kubik (School of Information Technology & Electrical Eng., Univ. of Queensland), for an ARC-Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities grant application: "A GNSS Signal Simulation & Receiver Development Facility". Submitted to the ARC in April. Unfortunately it was unsuccessful.
• Linlin Ge co-investigator Henk Brolsma (Australian Anatarctic Division) and John Manning (GA), for an Australian Anatrctica Science Program grant application: "Satellite Radar Interferometry for the Generation of High Resolution Digital Elevation Model in Antarctica ". Submitted in July.
• Linlin Ge co-investigator with Chris Rizos and A/Prof. Xiaoli Ding (Dept. of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics, HK Polytechnic University), for an ARC-Linkage (International) grant application: "An Integrated Ground Deformation Monitoring System Based on the Integration of InSAR, GPS and GIS Technologies". Submitted to the ARC in August. This was successful.
• Linlin Ge co-investigator with Chris Rizos, for a UNSW Faculty Research Grant (FRG) application: "Satellite Radar Interferometry for the Generation of High Resolution Digital Elevation Model in Antarctica ". Submitted in October. Unfortunately it was unsuccessful.
• Jinling Wang, co-investigator with Steve Hewitson, for a UNSW Faculty Research Grant (FRG) application: "Quality Control for GNSS Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring". Submitted in October. This was successful.
• Joel Barnes submitted a UNSW Faculty Research Grant (FRG) application: "Development of a Receiver for Integrated GPS and Pseudolite Positioning". Submitted in October. This was successful.
• Chris Rizos, co-investigator with Dr. Linlin Ge, for an International Access Program - Australia China Special Fund for S&T Cooperation grant application: "Integration of GPS, Radar Interferometry, and GIS for Deformation Monitoring". Submitted to the DEST in January. Unfortunately it was unsuccessful.
• Chris Rizos and Thomas Yan will be responsible for the SNAP contribution to the establishment of an operational multi-receiver GPS network in the Sydney basin region during 2003, as part of a collaborative project with Land & Property Information Division (NSW government Dept. of Lands). The SydNET will initially be a "mirror" of the SIMRSN in Singapore.
• Chris Rizos is the Program Leader for "Integrated Positioning and Mapping Systems", within the new Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) on Spatial Information, which will be operational from the start of 2004.
• The SNAP contribution to Australia's National Report to the International Association of Geodesy, 1999-2003, is now available here ...
• All six SNAP-authored papers for the 16th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Institute of Navigation, Portland, Oregan, 9-12 September, were accepted for presentation (including two student sponsorships).
  
  

SNAP seminars in 2003:

• Dr. Gethin Roberts, IESSG, University of Nottingham, U.K., Augmented Reality for the Visualisation of Subsurface Data, 10 January.
• Mr. Ben Soon, DSO, Singapore, Development of an Autolanding System, 17 January.
• Dr. Linlin Ge, SNAP-UNSW, Integration of GPS and Radar Interferometry, Mr. Binghao Li, SNAP-UNSW, Demonstration of Crossbow INS and Synchronisation Issues, 24 January.
• Ms. Isabelle Kiener, EPFL, Switzerland, Development of a Location Based Service for the UNSW Campus, Mr. Yufei Wang, SNAP-UNSW, Applications of Wireless Technology, 31 January.
• Prof. Chris Rizos, SNAP-UNSW, Some Thoughts on University-Based GNSS Research, 7 February.
• Mr. Jun Zhang, SNAP-UNSW, Demonstration of SNAP's sfRTK software, Ms. Julie Nyam, UNSW, RTK Over UDP/IP, 14 February.
• Dr. Hyung Keun Lee, SNAP-UNSW, Time-Propagated Measurement Fusion, 21 February.
• Mr. Volker Janssen, SNAP-UNSW, Tropospheric Delay Corrections to Differential InSAR Results Using GPS Observations, 28 February.
• Mr. Bill Ely, SNAP-UNSW & AirServices Australia, GRAS and Getting it to Work in Aircraft, 6 March.
• Dr. Clive Schofield, UNSW, Geographers, Surveyors, Lawyers and International boundaries: A Comedy of Errors, 21 March.
• Dr. Clive Schofield, UNSW, International Maritime Boundary Disputes: When is an Island not an Island?, 28 March.
• Mr. Joel Van Cranenbroeck, Leica Geosystems, Switzerland, The Leica Networked Reference Station Program and its Contribution to "Local Element" Infrastructures, 1 May.
• Mr. Hung-Kyu Lee, SNAP-UNSW, Simulation Analysis for GPS, Galileo and Integrated GPS/Galileo, 9 May.
• Dr. Joel Barnes, SNAP-UNSW, The Monitoring of Bridge Movements Using GPS and Pseudolites, 23 May.
• Dr. Hyung Keun Lee, SNAP-UNSW, Analysis of Carrier-Smoothed-Code Filters Based on Consistent Error Covariance Formulation, 6 June.
• Mr. Tajul Musa, SNAP-UNSW, Stochastic Modelling for Network-Based GPS Positioning, 20 June.
• Mr. Hung-Kyu Lee, SNAP-UNSW, Effective Cycle Slip Detection and Identification for Maintaining High Accuracy of GPS/INS Integration Systems, 27 June.
• Mr. Yufei Wang, SNAP-UNSW, An Indoors Wireless Positioning System Based on Wireless Local Area Network Infrastructure, Mr. Michael Moore, UNSW, Issues Concerning the Implementation of a Low Cost Attitude Solution for an Unmanned Airborne Vehicle (UAV), 4 July.
• Mr. Simon Lutz, ETH, Switzerland, Analysing the Dynamics of High-Rise Buildings Using Kinematic GPS (Two Case Studies), 16 July.
• Mr. Ken Wong, Cadcorp, Australia, Cadcorp's Perspective on OGC, 13 August.
• Dr. Franz Wong, UNSW, Building Extraction for 3D City Models, 19 September.
• Ms. Fientje Kasenda, UNSW, The Airborne Gravity Survey: Borneo & Greenland-Iceland Fieldwork Experiences, 3 October.
• Dr. Edelvys Spassov, UNSW, Geodynamics of Australia, 24 October.
• Prof. Chris Rizos, UNSW, SNAP Annual Review, 15 December.

Comings & goings in 2003:

• Linlin Ge visited Japan in the period 10-21 November, first as a guest of Prof. Makota Omura, of the Kochi Women's University, Kochi, where he will give several lectures and will have discussions with colleagues, and then as a particpant at the 5th Int. Symp. on GNSS, Tokyo, 16-18 November, where he will give a paper.
• Linlin Ge participated in the workshop "Advances in SAR interferometry from ERS and ENVISAT missions (FRINGE 2003)", Frascati, Italy, 2-5 December, returning to Sydney on the 8th.
• SNAP welcomed (back) on the 20th October Mr. Ravi Babu, now enrolled as a PhD student.
• SNAP welcomed back to Sydney Dr. Toshiaki Tsujii (JAXA, Japan), to participate in further aircraft GPS/INS/pseudolite trials, 3-15 December.
• SNAP farewelled on 20th October Michael Moore, who has taken up a position at Geoscience Australia, in Canberra. He expects to complete his PhD in early 2004. Michael joined the SNAP group in 1999, and we now wish Michael all the best in his career, but hope to see him get his PhD real soon!
• SNAP welcomed on the 1st July the enrolment of a new PhD student, Mr. Mustafa Kanli, a graduate of UNSW in Computer Engineering/Biomedical Engineering, to undertake research into a new pseudolite design, supported by an ARC-funded Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) scholarship.
• Dean Sabella, a former undergraduate EE student who had undertaken a GPS receiver design project for the UNSW BLUEsat team, visited University of Technology Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 5-9 May, to advise UTM staff on customisation of a GPS receiver for microsatellite applications.
• SNAP welcomed on the 1st May a new Research Assistant, Mr. Peter Mumford, whose projects will include working closely with Nortel Laboratories, Wollongong, on the testing of Assisted-GPS technology to support Location-Based Services.
• Ben Soon, a M.E. (research) graduate student based in Singapore, visited SNAP 14-30 January to continue collaborative research into integrated GPS/pseudolite systems for aircarft approach/landing applications. Visited again for six weeks from 1st April to undertake aircraft landing trials. He returned to SNAP again on the 24th June through until the 2nd September. And again on the 3rd November through until January 2004.
• Linlin Ge and Diana Polonska visited Geoscience Australia on 13th January, to discuss a collaborative project on the application of Interferometric SAR (InSAR) for earthquake studies. A project to determine the feasibility of using DInSAR for ground deformation monitoring in the Burakin, Western Australia, region of high seismicity has been launched.
• Linlin Ge visited Geoscience Australia on 17-18 June, to discuss collaborative projects in Antarctica.
• Linlin Ge visited Canberra to have discussions with InSAR researchers on the 5th November.
• Joel Barnes and Chris Rizos visited BHP Billiton, Port Kembla Steelworks, on 21st March, to discuss testing of a new generation pseudolite-based positioning system. A program of testing through 2003-2004 has commenced.
• Peter Mumford visited Nortel Networks, Wollongong, on 19th March, to discuss collaboration on the testing of mobile phone positioning technologies. A further visit was made on the 15th May to continue with this collaboration.
• SNAP welcomed on the 26th March Mr. Simon Lutz, an undergraduate 'practicum' student from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, for a period of four months to work on his GPS-DInSAR-geodesy thesis project.
• SNAP welcomed on the 14th March the enrolment of a new M.E. (research) student, Mr. Kevin Parkinson, from New Zealand, to develop high precision, low-cost GPS tracking devices.
• SNAP welcomed on the 17th February the enrolment of a new PhD student, Mr. Eric Chiu, from the Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, to undertake research into GIS and Location-Based Services.
• SNAP welcomed on the 2nd February the enrolment of a new PhD student, Mr. Yehia Ghonim, supported by a Faculty of Engineering Research Scholarship.
• SNAP welcomed on the 1st February a new Research Assistant, Mr. Thomas Yan, who will be managing the implemention of the SydNET multiple GPS reference station network in the Sydney Basin during 2003. Thomas travelled to Singapore, to inspect the Singapore Integrated Multiple Reference Station Network, 9-16 February.
• SNAP welcomed on the 13th January the enrolment of a new PhD student, Mr. Binghao Li, supported by an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship.
• SNAP welcomed on the 7th January Dr. Gethin Roberts, from the Institute of Engineering Surveying & Space Geodesy, Univ. of Nottingham, U.K., for two weeks, as part of a collaborative research project on the use of pseudolites for structural deformation monitoring.
• SNAP welcomed on the 11th October 2002 Ms. Isabelle Kiener, an undergraduate 'practicum' student from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, for a period of four months to work on her GIS-based thesis project. Isabelle returned to Switzerland on the 2nd March 2003.
• SNAP farewelled on 25th August, Dr. Hyung Keun Lee, who had spent a one year period as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Ongoing collaboration is expected.
  
  

Honours & awards in 2003:

• Binghao Li was awarded an IPRS to undertake PhD studies from the start of 2003.
• Chris Rizos was a member of the Interim Management Committee of the 'Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Spatial Information'. The CRC will be operational from January 2004.
• Chris Rizos is the Program Manager for the program "Integrated Positioning & Mapping Systems" within the CRC-SI.
• Chris Rizos has been invited to be a member of the Geodesy Technical Sub-Committee of the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying & Mapping (ICSM).
• Jinling Wang has been appointed by the School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems to the position of Lecturer, effective 1st January 2003.
• Jinling Wang has been appointed to a continuing position as Senior Lecturer from 1 January 2004.
• Jinling Wang was a session co-chair at the 17th Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Long Beach, California, 21-24 September.
• Jinling Wang is leader of the CRC for Spatial Information project 1.3 "Integrated Positioning &Geo-Referencing Platform".
• Linlin Ge has been appointed to a fractional Senior Lecturer appointment from 1 January 2004. 2004 will be Linlin's final year as an ARC Fellow.
• Linlin Ge is leader of the CRC for Spatial Information project 4.2 "Digital Elevation Model Generation & Differential Synthetic Radar Interferometry".
• Jinling Wang has been appointed Chairman of the Publication Committee and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Positioning Systems, published by the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Global Positioning Systems (CPGPS). Linlin Ge is a regional coordinator for Australia and New Zealand. Chris Rizos is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board.
• Jinling Wang was a session chair at the GNSS 2003 - The European Navigation Conference, Graz, Austria, 22-25 April.
• Jinling Wang was awarded a University of Calgary Faculty of Engineeing "Distinguished International Research Fellowship", and visited the Dept. of Geomatics Engineering for two weeks commencing 15 June.
  
• Chris Rizos was a session co-chair at the 16th Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Portland, Oregan, 9-12 September.
• Chris Rizos was a member of the Programme Committee and session chair of the 11th International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 21-24 October.
• Chris Rizos was a member of the International Programme Committee and session chair of the 2003 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS, Tokyo, Japan, 15-28 November.
• Chris Rizos was a member of the International Advisory Panel of the International Symposium & Exhibition on Geoinformation 2003, Shah Alam, Malaysia, 13-14 October.
• Chris Rizos was an invited speaker at the 2nd Int. LBS Workshop, Seoul, Korea, 20 November, and at the 10th GNSS Workshop, Bokwang Phoenix, Korea, 21-22 November 2003.
• Chris Rizos was Program Director of the 6th International Symposium on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July.
• Chris Rizos was a member of the Scientific Committee of the 11th FIG Int. Symp. on Deformation Measurements, Santorini, Greece, 25-28 May.
• Chris Rizos was awarded a "Japan Society for the Promotion of Science" Invitation Fellowship for mid-2003, to further research into GPS and pseudolites with the Japanese National Aerospace Laboratory ... click here for his report ...
• Chris Rizos was elected President of Commission 4 "Positioning & Applications" of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), and commences his four year term from mid-2003. As a result of his promotion, Australia has been selected to host the IAG2005 Scientific Assembly, in Cairns, North Queensland, 22-26 August 2005.
• Jinling Wang is Chair of the IAG Study Group 4.1 "Pseudolite Applications in Positioning & Navigation", 2003-2007.
• Linlin Ge is Co-Chair of the IAG Sub-Commission 4.4 "Applications of Satellite & Airborne Imaging Systems", 2003-2007.
• Chris Rizos was elected Chair of the "Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea (ABLOS)", a body with representatives drawn from the International Association of Geodesy, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the International Hydrographic Organisation (2003-2005).
• Chris Rizos was elected an Associate Member of the International GPS Service (IGS).
• Chris Rizos was a member of the Technical (Scientific) Committee of the 3rd FIG Regional Conference "Spatial Information for Economic & Environmental Development", Jakarta, Indonesia, 3-7 October 2004.
• In 2003 a further two SNAP graduate students, Steve Hewitson and Volker Janssen, were selected winners of the U.S. Institute of Navigation's student scholarships to attend the world's premier GPS conference, the 16th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the US Institute of Navigation, Portland, Oregan, 9-12 September. These are the 12th and 13th US Institute of Navigation student prizes/scholarships to members of the SNAP group (the first being in 1988 to Bertrand Merminod, and the second and third to Shaowei Han in 1995 and again in 1996, the fourth to Lao-Sheng Lin in 1997, the fifth to Linlin Ge in 1999, the 6th & 7th to Liwen Dai and Horng-Yue Chen in 2000, the 8th & 9th to Clement Ogaja and Chon Satirapod in 2001, the 10th & 11th to Michael Moore and Hung-Kyu Lee).
• Volker Janssen was awarded his PhD degree on the 18th July. Congratulations! He received his testumar 16th October.
• Volker Janssen was the winner of the Best Student Paper at the 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July.
• SNAP participated in the development of the Alan Border 'Trek for Kids' GPS-based tracking system, which won a Highly Commended award at the 2003 Execellence in Surveying Awards Ceremony on the 24th October ... see award submission.
• SNAP will be responsible for organising the 2004 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS, to be held at UNSW on 6-8 December 2004. Jinling Wang will be Conference Convenor. Chris Rizos is Chair of the Advisory Committee.
  
  
  Chrris Rizos, making the announcement that the 2004 Int. Symp. on GPS/GNSS will be hosted by SNAP...
  

SNAP visitors in 2003:

Mr. Ben Soon, Defence Science Organisation (Singapore), January , April, May, June, October, November-December
Mr. Michael Stokes, Navigate (Sydney), January, April
Mr. Brian Nichols, Hatch Eng. (Wollongong), January
Mr. Hideyuki Torimoto, GNSS Technologies Inc. (Japan), February
Assoc. Prof. Goh Pong Chai,Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), February
Mr. Kevin Parkinson, General Dynamics Corp. (New Zealand), March
Mr. Dave Small, QX Corp. (Canberra), March
Prof. Gyu-In Jee, Dept. of Electronics Eng., Konkuk University (Korea), April
Mr. Joel van Cranenbroeck, Leica Geosystems (Switzerland), Mr. Tony Clear, Leica Geosystems (Singapore), Mr. Geoffrey Cahill, Mr. Anders Mangen, Mr. Francis Sibenaler, Dr. Jane Cooke, C.R. Kennedy Pty Ltd, May
Mr. Ken Wong, Cadcorp (Sydney), August
Mr. Rob Roozendaal, Mr. Fred Lukabyo, Combined Communications Network (Sydney), November
Dr. Toshiaki Tsujii, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), December

Rizos' travels in 2003:

• CRC for Spatial Information Interim Management Committee meetings in Melbourne, 9 January, 17 February, 11-12 March, 25-26 March, 30 April .
• U.S. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC)Õs International Sub-Committee meeting, Melbourne, 10-11 February.
• 11th FIG Int. Symp. on Deformation Measurements, Santorini, Greece, 25-28 May.
• Laboratory of Geodesy & Geomatics Eng., Dept. of Mineral Resources Eng., Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, 2-6 June.
• XXIII IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, Japan, 30 June - 11 July. ... click here for IAG president Gerhard Beutler's report
• 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July.
• National Aerospace Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan, 11-20 July.
• 16th Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Portland, Oregan, 9-12 September.
• Spatial Sciences 2003, Canberra, Australia, 22-26 September.
• International Symposium & Exhibition on Geoinformation 2003, Shah Alam, Malaysia, 13-14 October.
• 11th International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 21-24 October.
• ABLOS Conference & Business Meeting, Monaco, 27-30 October.
• 2003 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS, Tokyo, Japan, 15-18 November.
• 2nd Int. LBS Workshop, Seoul, Korea, 20 November.
• 10th GNSS Workshop, Bokwang Phoenix, Korea, 21-22 November.

Where we'll be in 2003 (Conferences, etc.):

• European Navigation Conference (GNSS2003), Graz, Austria, 22-25 April.
• 11th FIG Int. Symp. on Deformation Measurements, Santorini, Greece, 25-28 May.
• XXIII IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, Japan, 30 June - 11 July.
• 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July.
• IGARSS 2003, Toulouse, France, 21-25 July.
• 16th Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Portland, Oregan, 9-12 September.
• Spatial Sciences 2003, Canberra, Australia, 22-26 September.
• International Symposium & Exhibition on Geoinformation 2003, Shah Alam, Malaysia, 13-14 October.
• 11th International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 21-24 October.
• ABLOS Conference, Monaco, 28-30 October.
• 2003 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS, Tokyo, Japan, 15-18 November.
• 2nd Int. LBS Workshop, Seoul, Korea, 20 November.
• 10th GNSS Workshop, Bokwang Phoenix, Korea, 21-22 November.
• Workshop "Advances in SAR interferometry from ERS and ENVISAT missions" (FRINGE 2003), Frascati, Italy, 2-5 December.

SNAP publications (2003):

Click here for list of all SNAP publications according to author or year ...

Journals, Articles, Reports & Books

• CHANG, H.C., CHEN, M.H., QIN, L., GE, L., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Ground subsidence monitored by L-band Satellite Radar Interferometry. Geomatics Research Australasia, 79, 75-89. (Download PDF)
• CHEN, H.Y., DAI, L., RIZOS, C., & HAN, S., 2003. Ambiguity recovery using the triple-differenced carrier phase type approach for long-range GPS kinematic positioning. Submitted to Marine Geodesy. (Download PDF)
• CHEN, H.Y., RIZOS, C., & HAN, S., 2003. An instantaneous ambiguity resolution procedure suitable for medium-scale GPS reference station networks. Submitted to Survey Review.
• CHEN, M.H., QIN, L., CHANG, H.C., GE, L., RIZOS, & TRINDER, J.C., 2003. Assessment of digital elevation models derived using radar interferometry. Submitted to Geomatica, the official quarterly publication of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics. (Download PDF)
• DAI, L., HAN, S., WANG, J., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Comparison of interpolation techniques in network-based GPS techniques. Submitted to Navigation. (Download PDF)
• DAI, L., RIZOS, C., & HAN, S., 2003. An adaptive procedure for carrier phase-based GPS/GLONASS positioning. Geomatics Research Australasia, 78, 19-36. (Download PDF)
• DAI, L., WANG, J., RIZOS, C., & HAN, S., 2003. Predicting atmospheric biases for real-time ambiguity resolution in GPS/GLONASS reference station networks. Journal of Geodesy, 76, 617-628. (Download PDF)
• GE, L., 2003. GPS on the Web: Integration of GPS and radar interferometry. GPS Solutions, 7(1), 52-54.
• GE, L., CHENG, E., POLONSKA, D., RIZOS, C., COLLINS, C., & SMITH, C., 2003. Earthquake monitoring in Australia using Satellite Radar Interferometry? Wuhan University Journal of Nature Sciences, 8(2), 649-658. (Download PDF)
• GE, L., JANSSEN, V., WANG, Y., & RIZOS, C., 2003. A double-differencing algorithm for GPS-derived tropospheric delay corrections to differential radar interferometry. Submitted to Journal of Geodesy. (Download PDF)
• GE, L., LI, X., RIZOS, C., & OMURA, M., 2003. GPS and GIS assisted radar interferometry. Submitted to Photogram. Eng. & Remote Sensing.
• JANSSEN, V., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Processing mixed-mode GPS network processing approach for deformation monitoring applications. Survey Review, 37(287), 2-19.
• JANSSEN, V., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Processing mixed-mode GPS networks for deformation monitoring applications. Zeitschrift fuer Vermessungswessen, 128(2), 87-96. (Download PDF)
• JANSSEN, V., GE, L., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Differential SAR interferometry: Tropospheric corrections from GPS observations. Submitted to Int. Journal of Remote Sensing. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Performance analysis of position-domain Hatch filter. Submitted to the Royal Institute of Navigation Journal. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., RIZOS, C., & JEE, I.G., 2003. Design of kinematic DGPS filters with consistent covariance information. Submitted to IEE proc. of Radar, Sonar & Navigation. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., RIZOS, C., & JEE, I.G., 2003. Position domain filtering and range domain filtering for carrier-smoothed-code DGNSS: An analytical comparison. Submitted to the IEE proc. of Radar, Sonar & Navigation. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., WANG, J., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Effective cycle slip detection and identification for high precision integrated GPS/INS systems. The Journal of Navigation , 56, 475-486. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., WANG, J., & RIZOS, C., 2003. An integer ambiguity resolution procedure for GPS/Pseudolite/INS integration. Submitted to the Journal of Geodesy. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., WANG, J., RIZOS, C., & GREJNER-BRZEZINSKA, D., 2003. Analysing the impact of integrating pseudolite observations into a GPS/INS system. Submitted to Journal of Surveying Engineering. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., WANG, J., RIZOS, C., & TSUJII, T., 2003. Augmenting GPS by ground-based pseudolite signals for airborne surveying applications. To be published in Survey Review. (Download PDF)
• LI, Y., & WANG, B., 2003. Multidimension correlate filter with generalised wavelet neural network for TWS radar data processing. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.
• LI, Y., RIZOS, C., DONSKOI, E., HOMER, J., MOJARRABI, B., 2003. Terrain imaging using a SAR system based on reflected GPS signals. Wuhan University Journal of Nature Sciences, 8(2B), 659-664.
• MENG, X., ROBERTS, G.W., DODSON, A.H., COSSER, E., BARNES, J., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Impact of GPS satellite and pseudolite geometry on structural deformation monitoring: Analytical and empirical studies. Submitted to Journal of Geodesy. (Download PDF)
• MOORE, M., & WANG, J., 2003. An extended dynamic model for kinematic positioning. Journal of Navigation, 56, 79-88. (Download PDF)
• OGAJA, C., WANG, J., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Detection of wind-induced response by wavelet transformed GPS solutions. Journal of Survey Eng., 129(3), 99-104. (Download PDF)
• QIN, L., CHANG, CHEN, M.H., GE, L., RIZOS, C., & TRINDER, J.C., 2003. GIS assisted interpretation of radar interferometric results. Submitted to Photogram. Eng. & Remote Sensing. (Download PDF)
• RIZOS, C., 2003. GNSS interoperability: Future or fantasy? GPS World Showcase Directions 2004, 14(12), 24-25. (Download PDF)
• RIZOS, C., & DRANE, C.R., 2003. The Role of Telegeoinformatics in ITS. Chapter 12 in Telegeoinformatics: Location-Based Computing and Services, H.A. Karimi & A. Hammad (eds.), Taylor & Francis Inc., to be published in late 2003.
• RIZOS, C., & HAN, S., 2003. Reference station network based RTK systems - Concepts & progress. Wuhan University Journal of Nature Sciences, 8(2B), 566-574. (Download PDF)
• SATIRAPOD, C., WANG, J., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Comparing different GPS data processing techniques for modelling residual systematic errors. Submitted to Journal of Survey Eng. (Download PDF)
• TRINDER, J.C., CHENG, E., & GE, L., 2003. Tests on determining Digital Elevation Models from ERS tandem data. Geomatics Research Australasia, 79, 59-74.
• WANG, J., LEE, H.K., & RIZOS, C., 2003. GPS/INS integration: A performance sensitivity analysis.Wuhan University Journal of Nature Sciences, 8(2B), 508-516. (Download PDF)
• YI, Y., GREJNER-BRZEZINSKA, D., TOTH, C., WANG, J., & RIZOS, C., 2003. An integrated positioning system: GPS+INS+Pseudolites. GPS World, 14(7), 42-49.
  

Conference Papers

• BARNES, J., RIZOS, C., WANG, J., MENG, X., DODSON, A.H., & ROBERTS, G.W., 2003. The monitoring of bridge movements using GPS and pseudolites. 11th Int. Symp. on Deformation Measurements, Santorini, Greece, 25-28 May, 563-572. (Download PDF)
• BARNES, J., RIZOS, C., LEE, H.K., ROBERTS, G.W., MENG, X., COSSER, E., & DODSON, A.H., 2003. The integration of GPS and pseudolites for bridge monitoring. XXIIIth General Assembly of the IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, 30 June - 11 July. (Download PDF)
• BARNES, J., WANG, J., RIZOS, C., SMALL, D., VOIGHT, G., & GAMBALE, N., 2003. Guidelites: Intelligent synchronised pseudolites for cm-level stand-alone positioning. 11th Int. Assoc. of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 21-24 October, CD-ROM proc., paper 202. (Download PDF)
• BARNES, J., RIZOS, C., WANG, J., SMALL, D., VOIGHT, G., & GAMBALE, N., 2003. Locatanet: The positioning technology of the future? 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 49. (Download PDF)
• BARNES, J., RIZOS, C., WANG, J., SMALL, D., VOIGHT, G., & GAMBALE, N., 2003. Locatanet: A new positioning technology for high precision indoor and outdoor positioning. 16th Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Institute of Navigation, Portland, Oregan, 9-12 September, 1119-1128. (Download PDF)
• BARNES, J., RIZOS, C., WANG, J., SMALL, D., VOIGHT, G., & GAMBALE, N., 2003. High precision indoor and outdoor positioning using LocataNet. 2003 Int. Symp. on GPS/GNSS, Tokyo, Japan, 15-18 November, 9-18. (Download PDF)
• BROWNJOHN, J.M.W., MOYO, P., RIZOS, C., & CHUAN, T.S., 2003. Practical issues in using novel sensors in SHM of civil infrastructure: Problems and solutions in implementation of GPS and fibre optics. 4th Int. Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford Univ., California, 15-17 September, 499-506. (Download PDF)
• CHANG, H.C., GE, L., RIZOS, C., HEBBLEWHITE, B., & OMURA, M., 2003. Repeat-pass satellite radar interferometry for mine subsidence monitoring. 1st Australasian Ground Control in Mining Conf., UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 11-12 November. (Download PDF)
• DODSON, A.H., COSSER, E., MENG, X., ROBERTS, G.W., BARNES, J., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Integrated approach of GPS and pseudolites for bridge deformation monitoring. GNSS2003, Graz, Austria, 22-25 April, CD-ROM proc., paper 205. (Download PDF)
• ELY, W.S., 2003. Development of GRAS cockpit displays for advanced approach and landing procedures. National Technical Meeting of the U.S. Institute of Navigation, Anaheim, California, 22-24 January, 287-299.
• GE, L., CHANG, H.C., JANSSEN, V., & RIZOS, C., 2003. The integration of GPS, radar interferometry and GIS for ground deformation monitoring. 2003 Int. Symp. on GPS/GNSS, Tokyo, Japan, 15-18 November, 465-472. (Download PDF)
• GE, L., CHANG, H.C., QIN, L., CHEN, M., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Differential radar interferometry for mine subsidence monitoring. 11th Int. Symp. on Deformation measurements, Santorini, Greece, 25-28 May, 173-182. (Download PDF)
• GE, L., CHENG, E., LI, X., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Quantative subsidence monitoring: The integrated InSAR, GPS and GIS approach. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 40. (Download PDF)
• GE, L., RIZOS, C., & NESBITT, A., 2003. Ground subsidence measured by satellite radar interferometry. 9th Annual Conf. of the Association of Public Authority Surveyors, 1-4 April, Wollongong, Australia, 149-157.
• GE, L., TRINDER, J.C., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Integrated radar interferometry for ground subsidence monitoring. Advances in SAR interferometry from ERS and ENVISAT missions (FRINGE 2003), Frascati, Italy, 2-5 December.
• HEWITSON, S., 2003. GNSS receiver autonomous integrity monitoring: A separability analysis. 16th Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Institute of Navigation, Portland, Oregan, 9-12 September, 1502-1509. (Download PDF)
• HEWITSON, S., WANG, J., & KEARSLEY, W., 2003. Performance evaluation of Inertial Navigation Systems for surveying. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 39. (Download PDF)
• JANSSEN, V., 2003. GPS-derived tropospheric delay corrections to Differential InSAR results. 16th Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Institute of Navigation, Portland, Oregan, 9-12 September, 2692-2704. (Download PDF)
• JANSSEN, V., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Mixed-mode GPS deformation monitoring - a cost-effective and accurate alternative? poster presented at the XXIIIth General Assembly of the IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, 30 June - 11 July. (Download PDF)
• JANSSEN, V., GE, L., & RIZOS, C., 2003. GPS-derived tropospheric delay corrections to Differential InSAR results. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 42. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., & RIZOS, C., 2003. A new recursive carrier-smoother-code filter for differential Global Navigation Satellite Systems. 11th Int. Assoc. of Institutes of Navigation World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 21-24 October, CD-ROM proc., paper 263. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., & RIZOS, C., 2003. A framework for calibrating NLOS error to support LBS in urban environments. 2003 Int. Symp. on GPS/GNSS, Tokyo, Japan, 15-18 November, 69-77. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., RIZOS, C., & JEE, I.G., 2003. Design and analysis of DGPS filters with consistent error covariance information. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 47. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., WANG, J., RIZOS, C., & PARK, W.Y., 2003. Carrier phase processing issues for high accuracy integrated GPS/Pseudolite/INS systems. 11th Int. Assoc. of Institutes of Navigation World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 21-24 October, CD-ROM proc., paper 252. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., WANG, J., RIZOS, C., LI, B., & PARK, W.Y., 2003. Effective cycle slip detection and identification for high accuracy integrated GPS/INS positioning. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 43. (Download PDF)
• LI, X., PENG, G.D., RIZOS, C., GE, L., TAMURA, Y., & YOSHIDA, A., 2003. Integration of GPS, accelerometers and optical fibre sensors for structural deformation monitoring. 2003 Int. Symp. on GPS/GNSS, Tokyo, Japan, 15-18 November, 617-624.(Download PDF)
• MENG, X., ROBERTS, G.W., DODSON, A.H., COSSER, E., BARNES, J., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Real-time bridge deflection and vibration monitoring using an integrated GPS/accelerometer/pseudolite system. 11th Int. Symp. on Deformation Measurements, Santorini, Greece, 25-28 May.
• MOORE, M., RIZOS, C., & WANG, J., 2003. Issues concerning the design of a low-cost attitude determination system for an Unmanned Airborne Vehicle. 11th Int. Assoc. of Institutes of Navigation World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 21-24 October, CD-ROM proc., paper 111. (Download PDF)
• MOORE, M., RIZOS, C., & WANG, J., BOYD, G., MATTHEW, K., WILLIAMS, W., & SMITH, R., 2003. Issues concerning the implementation of a low cost attitude solution for an Unmanned Airborne Vehicle. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 44. (Download PDF)
• MOORE, M., RIZOS, C., WANG, J., BOYD, G., & MATTHEW, K., 2003. A GPS based attitude determination system for a UAV aided by low grade angular rate gyros. 16th Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Institute of Navigation, Portland, Oregan, 9-12 September, 2417-2424. (Download PDF)
• MUMFORD, P.J., 2003. Timing characteristics of the 1PPS output pulse of three GPS receivers. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 45. (Download PDF)
• MUSA, T.A., WANG, J., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Stochastic modelling for network-based GPS positioning. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 41. (Download PDF)
• OMAR, S., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Incorporating GPS into wireless networks: Issues and challenges. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 46. (Download PDF)
• RIZOS, C., 2003. Trends in GPS technology and applications. 2nd Int. LBS Workshop, Seoul, Korea, 20 November. (Download PDF)
• RIZOS, C., BARNES, J., SMALL, D., VOIGHT, G., & GAMBALE, N., 2003. A new pseudolite-based positioning technology for high precision indoor and outdoor positioning. Int. Symp. & Exhibition on Geoinformation 2003, Shah Alam, Malaysia, 13-14 October, 115-129. (Download PDF)
• RIZOS, C., GE, L., CHANG, H.C., & NESBITT, A., 2003. The integration of GPOS, Satellite Radar Interferiometry and GIS technologies for ground subsidence monitoring. Spatial Sciences Coalition 2003 Conf., Canberra, Australia, 23-25 September, CD-ROM proc. (Download PDF)
• RIZOS, C., KINLYSIDE, D., YAN, T., OMAR, S., & MUSA, T.A., 2003. Implementing network RTK: The SydNET CORS infrastructure. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 50. (Download PDF)
• SABELLA, D.A., 2003. GPS usage aboard the BlueSat microsatellite mission. 10th Australian Int. Aerospace Conf., Brisbane, Australia, 29 July - 1 August, CD-ROM proc., paper 93. (Download PDF)
• SABELLA, D.A., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Designing a GPS receiver for the UNSW BlueSat microsatellite. Int. Symp. & Exhibition on Geoinformation 2003, Shah Alam, Malaysia, 13-14 October, 130-142.(Download PDF)
• SATIRAPOD, C., KHOONPHOOL, R., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Multipath mitigation of permanent GPS stations using wavelets. 2003 Int. Symp. on GPS/GNSS, Tokyo, Japan, 15-18 November, 133-139. (Download PDF)
• SOON, B.H.K., POH, E.K., BARNES, J., LEE, H.K., ZHANG, J., LEE, H.K., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Preliminary results of the carrier-smoothed code-phase differential GPS/pseudolite system. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 48. (Download PDF)
• SOON, B.H.K., POH, E.K., BARNES, J., ZHANG, J., LEE, H.K., LEE, H.K., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Flight test results of precision approach and landing augmented by airport pseudolites. 16th Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Institute of Navigation, Portland, Oregan, 9-12 September, 2318-2325. (Download PDF)
• WANG, J., BARNES, J., LEE, H.K., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Current status of pseudolite precise positioning applications. Poster XXIIIth General Assembly of the IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, 30 June - 11 July.
• WANG, J., LEE, H.K., HEWITSON, S., RIZOS, C., & BARNES, J., 2003. Sensitivity analysis for GNSS integer carrier phase ambiguity validation test. XXIIIth General Assembly of the IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, 30 June - 11 July. (Download PDF)
• WANG, Y., JIA, X., LEE, H.K., & LI, G.Y., 2003. An indoor wireless positioning system based on WLAN infrastructure. 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 July, CD-ROM proc., paper 54. (Download PDF)

Lectures at conferences, seminars & workshops (2003):

• BARNES, J., 2003. Locata: A new positioning technology for ubiquitous positioning. Pres Annual Research Seminars, School of Surveying & SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 10-11 November.
• CHANG, H.C., 2003. The potential of Satellite Radar Interferometry. Pres Annual Research Seminars, School of Surveying & SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 10-11 November.
• DODSON, A.H., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Report of IAG Section 1 "Positioning" 1999-2003. Pres XXIIIth General Assembly of the IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, 30 June - 11 July.
• GE, L., LI, X., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Subsidence monitoring using integrated radar interferometry, GPS and GIS techniques. Pres Int. Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symp. (IGARSS), Toulouse, France, 21-25 July.
• GE, L., JANSSEN, V., WANG, Y., & RIZOS, C., 2003. Tropospheric delay corrections to differential radar interferometry derived from GPS observations. Pres Int. Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symp. (IGARSS), Toulouse, France, 21-25 July.
• GLENNON, E., 2003. Feasibility of target detection using GPS as a bistatic radar illuminator. Pres Annual Research Seminars, School of Surveying & SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 10-11 November.
• HAN, S., & RIZOS, C., 2003. IAG SSG 1.179: Wide area modelling for precise satellite positioning. Pres XXIIIth General Assembly of the IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, 30 June - 11 July.
• HEWITSON, S., WANG, J., & KEARSLEY, W., 2003. Performance evaluation of Inertial Navigation Systems for surveying. Pres. Annual Research Seminars, School of Surveying & SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 10-11 November.
• JIA, X., 2003. The ability of GPS receiver in weak signal acquisition and tracking. Pres Annual Research Seminars, School of Surveying & SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 10-11 November.
• LEE, H.K., 2003. Cycle slip detection and correction in GPS/INS integration systems. Pres Annual Research Seminars, School of Surveying & SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 10-11 November.
• LI, B., 2003. A low cost system for multisensor synchronization. Pres Annual Research Seminars, School of Surveying & SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 10-11 November.
• OMAR, S., 2003. Development of GPS CORS Network Simulator: Communications prospects. Pres Annual Research Seminars, School of Surveying & SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 10-11 November.
• PARKINSON, K., 2003. GPS research using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). Pres Annual Research Seminars, School of Surveying & SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 10-11 November.
• POLONSKA, D., 2003. GIS and spaceborne SAR interferometry analysis of South-Western Australia earthquake prone zone. Pres Annual Research Seminars, School of Surveying & SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 10-11 November.
• POLONSKA, D., COLLINS, C., CUMMINS, P., SMITH, C.J.H., GE, L., & RIZOS, C., 2003. InSAR-based seismisity study of south-western Australia earthquake prone zone. Pres XXIIIth General Assembly of the IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, 30 June - 11 July.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. Carrier phase-based GNSS: A university research agenda, presented at the U.S. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee's International Sub-Committee meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 10-11 February.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. Advances in GNSS-based navigation, presented to an Australian Institute of Navigation meeting, Sydney, Australia, 14 May.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. Satellite positioning in geotechnology - GPS surveying & navigation component, Masters-level workshop for geotechnology students of the Technical University of Chania, Greece, 2-6 June.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. Pseudolites & new positioning technologies, presented at the National Aerospace Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan, 14 July.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. GNSS research at SNAP: A university research agenda, presented at the National Aerospace Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan, 15 July.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. Pseudolite & related research at SNAP, presented at the National Space Development Agency (NASDA), Tsukuba, Japan, 17 July.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. Pseudolites Ð the technology & applications, tutorial presented at the 6th Int. Symp. on Satellite Navigation Technology Including Mobile Positioning & Location Services, Melbourne, Australia, 22 July.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. Synchronised pseudolites, presented as part of the GNSS Technical Seminars, 2003 Int. Symp. on GPS/GNSS, Tokyo, Japan, 15-18 November.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. A new pseudolite-based positioning technology for high precision indoor and outdoor positioning, presented at the Automatic Control Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 19 November.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. Satellite and ground-based wireless location: options & trends in LDT, presented the 2nd Int. LBS Workshop, Seoul, Korea, 20 November.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. Status of GRAS - Australia, presented at the 10th GNSS Workshop, Bokwang Phoenix, Korea, 21-22 November.
• RIZOS, C., 2003. Satellite & ground-based wireless LDTs É on the outside looking in, presented to the School of Information Technologies, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 10 December.
• WANG, J., 2003. GNSS integer carrier phase ambiguity resolution: Separability test, sensitivity analysis & modelling, presented to the Dept. of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 20 June.
• WANG, J., 2003. Current status of pseudolite applications in positioning & navigation, presented to the Dept. of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 30 June.
• WANG, J., 2003. Recent progress in stochastic modelling for precise GPS positioning. 2003 Int. Symp. on GPS/GNSS, Tokyo, Japan, 15-18 November.
• WANG, J., 2003. Pseudolite applications in positioning & navigation, presented at the Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China, 20 November.
• WANG, J., LEE, H.K., HEWITSON, S., & LEE, H.K., 2003. Influence of dynamics and trajectory on integrated GPS/INS navigation performance. Pres GNSS2003, Graz, Austria, 22-25 April. (Download PDF)
• WANG, Y., 2003. Distributed computing and distributed GIS. Pres Annual Research Seminars, School of Surveying & SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 10-11 November.
  
  

Jinling Wang, at the University of Calgary, Canada, 30 June 2003 ...

Chris Rizos, at the National Aerospace Laboratory, Japan, 14 July 2003 ...