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Syllabus ( GEO 205 )

   Basic information
Course title: Positioning Methods and GNSS
Course code: GEO 205
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Cemal Özer YİĞİT
ECTS credits: 4
GTU credits: 2.5 ()
Year, Semester: 2, Fall
Level of course: First Cycle (Undergraduate)
Type of course: Compulsory
Language of instruction: Turkish
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Pre- and co-requisites: none
Professional practice: No
Purpose of the course: The aim of this course is to teach students how to calculate position by using resection and intersection methods based on data from traditional methods, GNSS general principles, GNSS basic components, GNSS basic theory, GNSS affecting error sources and elimination, GNSS static and kinematic position and height determination methods and measurements , to gain knowledge and skills about the evaluation of GNSS data
   Learning outcomes Up

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Generate the position information, within the framework of national and international standards, by the method of resection and intersection with terrestrial techniques.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Geomatics Engineering
    2. Design and develop hardware and/or software-based systems, components or processes in order to solve the defined problems,

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
  2. Ranks the GNSS positioning methods according to accuracy, precision and cost.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Geomatics Engineering
    2. Design and develop hardware and/or software-based systems, components or processes in order to solve the defined problems,

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
  3. Produce position and height information using GNSS within the framework of national and international standards.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Geomatics Engineering
    2. Ability to work independently and take responsibility

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
   Contents Up
Week 1: Introduction, traditional terrestrial positioning methods from past to present
Week 2: Intersection computation, homework
Week 3: Resection computation with angular and distance measurement, homework
Week 4: Free station computation, homework
Week 5: Coordinate transformation, homework
Week 6: GNSS and fundamental concept
Week 7: Error source on GNSS Signals
Week 8: GNSS accuracy measures, Midterm exam
Week 9: Positioning methods with GNSS (Static)
Week 10: Positioning methods with GNSS (Kinematic)
Week 11: Positioning methods with GNSS (Network-RTK and CORS)
Week 12: National standards on GNSS measurement and positioning, epoch calculation, velocity estimation, homework
Week 13: GNSS processing software, and processing steps and GNSS observations
Week 14: International GNSS service and positioning techniques other than GNSS
Week 15*: -
Week 16*: Final exam
Textbooks and materials:
Recommended readings: Kahveci M., Yıldız F. GPS/GNSS Uydularlar Konum Belirleme Sistemleri, Nobel Yayınları, 2009
Eren K., Uzel T. GPS Ölçmeleri, Y.T.Ü. yayınları, 2008
Paul D. Roves, Principles of GNSS, inertial, and multisensor integrated navigation systems, 2008
Xu G., GPS Theory, Algorithms and Applications, 2007
  * Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
Assessment Up
Method of assessment Week number Weight (%)
Mid-terms: 8 40
Other in-term studies: 0
Project: 0
Homework: 2,3,4,5,12 10
Quiz: 0
Final exam: 16 50
  Total weight:
(%)
   Workload Up
Activity Duration (Hours per week) Total number of weeks Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching): 3 14
Own studies outside class: 2 12
Practice, Recitation: 0 0
Homework: 3 5
Term project: 0 0
Term project presentation: 0 0
Quiz: 0 0
Own study for mid-term exam: 5 1
Mid-term: 2 1
Personal studies for final exam: 10 1
Final exam: 2 1
    Total workload:
    Total ECTS credits:
*
  * ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25.
(1 ECTS = 25 work hours)
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