History, Evolution and Prospects of Positioning and Navigation Systems
- Positioning and Global Navigation Systems (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS).
- Instrumentation and sensors for positioning and satellite navigation.
The Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Positioning Modes
- Sources of error.
- Data processing strategies.
Kinematic Positioning in Real Time (RTK)
- Mathematical models of differential corrections.
- Modeling errors.
- Methods and phase corrections formats and code.
- Integrity, reliability, continuity and availability.
navigation
- Systems Architecture Location Based (LBS).
- Mapping for navigation systems.
- Integrated sensors.

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