1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480471103321

Autore

Hofmann-Wellenhof Bernhard

Titolo

Global Positioning System [[electronic resource] ] : Theory and Practice / / by Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, James Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vienna : , : Springer Vienna : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1997

ISBN

3-7091-3297-5

Edizione

[4th ed. 1997.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 391 p.)

Disciplina

550

526.1

Soggetti

Geophysics

Geographical information systems

Geotechnical engineering

Geophysics/Geodesy

Geographical Information Systems/Cartography

Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 1.1 The origins of surveying -- 1.2 Development of global surveying techniques -- 1.3 History of the Global Positioning System -- 2 Overview of GPS -- 2.1 Basic concept -- 2.2 Space segment -- 2.3 Control segment -- 2.4 User segment -- 3 Reference systems -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Coordinate systems -- 3.3 Time systems -- 4 Satellite orbits -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Orbit description -- 4.3 Orbit determination -- 4.4 Orbit dissemination -- 5 Satellite signal -- 5.1 Signal structure -- 5.2 Signal processing -- 6 Observables -- 6.1 Data acquisition -- 6.2 Data combinations -- 6.3 Atmospheric effects -- 6.4 Relativistic effects -- 6.5 Antenna phase center offset and variation -- 6.6 Multipath -- 7 Surveying with GPS -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Planning a GPS survey -- 7.3 Surveying procedure -- 7.4 In situ data processing -- 7.5 Survey report -- 8 Mathematical models for positioning -- 8.1 Point positioning -- 8.2 Differential positioning -- 8.3 Relative positioning -- 9 Data processing -- 9.1 Data preprocessing -- 9.2 Ambiguity resolution -- 9.3 Adjustment, filtering, and smoothing -- 9.4 Adjustment of



mathematical GPS models -- 9.5 Network adjustment -- 9.6 Dilution of Precision -- 9.7 Accuracy measures -- 10 Transformation of GPS results -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Coordinate transformations -- 10.3 Datum transformations -- 10.4 Combining GPS and terrestrial data -- 11 Software modules -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Planning -- 11.3 Data transfer -- 11.4 Data processing -- 11.5 Quality control -- 11.6 Network computations -- 11.7 Data base management -- 11.8 Utilities -- 11.9 Flexibility -- 12 Applications of GPS -- 12.1 General uses of GPS -- 12.2 Attitude determination -- 12.3 Airborne GPS for photo-control -- 12.4 Interoperability of GPS -- 12.5 Installation of control networks -- 13 Future of GPS -- 13.1 New application aspects -- 13.2 Improved constellation -- 13.3 Hardware improvements -- 13.4 Software improvements -- 13.5 Conclusion -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is dedicated to Dr. Benjamin William Remondi for many reasons. The project of writing a Global Positioning System (GPS) book was conĀ­ ceived in April 1988 at a GPS meeting in Darmstadt, Germany. Dr. Remondi discussed with me the need for an additional GPS textbook and suggested a possible joint effort. In 1989, I was willing to commit myself to such a project. Unfortunately, the timing was less than ideal for Dr. Remondi. Therefore, I decided to start the project with other coauthors. Dr. Remondi agreed and indicated his willingness to be a reviewer. I selected Dr. Herbert Lichtenegger, my colleague from the Technical University Graz, Austria, and Dr. James Collins from Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A. In my opinion, the knowledge of the three authors should cover the wide spectrum of GPS. Dr. Lichtenegger is a geodesist with broad experience in both theory and practice. He has specialized his research to geodetic astronĀ­ omy including orbital theory and geodynamical phenomena. Since 1986, Dr. Lichtenegger's main interest is dedicated to GPS. Dr. Collins retired from the U.S. National Geodetic Survey in 1980, where he was the Deputy Director. For the past ten years, he has been deeply involved in using GPS technology with an emphasis on surveying. Dr. Collins was the founder and president of Geo/Hydro Inc. My own background is theoretically oriented. My first chief, Prof. Dr. Peter Meissl, was an excellent theoretician; and my former chief, Prof. Dr.mult. Helmut Moritz, fortunately, still is.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791239003321

Autore

Stephenson Gregory <1947->

Titolo

The daybreak boys [[electronic resource] ] : essays on the literature of the beat generation / / by Gregory Stephenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, ill., : Southern Illinois University Press, 2009, c1990

ISBN

1-280-69754-7

9786613674500

0-8093-8647-X

1-4416-4596-9

Edizione

[Pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

810.90054

810/.9/0054

Soggetti

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Beat generation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references (p.201-208) and index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p.201-208.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Circular Journey: Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend; 3. Allen Ginsberg's ""Howl"""" A Reading; 4. The Gnostic Vision of William S. Burroughs; 5. ""The Arcadian Map"": Notes on the Poetry of Gregory Corso; 6. Homeward from Nowhere: Notes on the Novels of John Clellon Holmes; 7. From the Substrate: Notes on the Work of Michael McClure; 8. Toward Organized Innocence: Richard Farina's Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me; 9. The ""Spiritual Optics"" of Lawrence Ferlinghetti

10. Friendly and Flowing Savage: The Literary Legend of Neal Cassady11. Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

In these critical essays Gregory Stephenson takes the reader on a journey through the literature of the Beat Generation: a journey encompassing that common ethos of Beat literature-the passage from darkness to light, from fragmented being toward wholeness, from Beat to Beatific.  He travels through Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend, following Kerouac's quests for identity, community, and spiritual knowledge. He examines Allen Ginsberg's use of transcendence in "Howl," discovers



the Gnostic vision in William S. Burroughs's fiction, and studies the mythic, visionary power of Lawrence F