451-446 Integrated Systems in Geomatics

451-200 Geomatics Science 2 (or equivalent) and 451-337 Satellite Positioning and Geodesy

Upon completion of this subject students should have gained an understanding of the techniques and technologies used in high-precision, real-time positioning systems and of the application of such systems in fields such as hydrographic surveying, asset mapping, geophysical exploration, structural and crustal monitoring, automatic vehicle location, aircraft landing systems and routine surveying tasks.

Topics include the study of relevant technologies including high-rate, low-latency communications systems (radio, telephone and satellite) linked to positioning systems such as GPS/GLONASS and inertial and dead-reckoning equipment; the integration of hardware components; mathematical techniques for computing positions such as Kalman filtering and neural networks; sources of error and their impact; and quality control measures to ensure integrity of computed positions.

One 3-hour written examination, plus assignments and practical exercise reports totalling not more than 40 pages. The relative weighting of the assessment components will be provided to students at the beginning of the subject.