----------------------------Original message---------------------------- U.C. Berkeley Continuing Education in Engineering Announces a Short Course on GPS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS: Principles and Applications (November 29-December 1, 1993) This intensive three-day course examines the system design and performance features of various multichannel, timesharing and multiplexing receivers for the Navstar Global Positioning System. Promising new applications such as carrier-aided surveying, precision timekeeping, air traffic control, and spacecraft navigation are also thoroughly reviewed. Participants learn how the Navstar GPS works and how it compares with various other ground-based and space-based radionavigation systems. Emphasis is on basic operating principles, positioning accuracy, coverage characteristics, operating frequencies, etc. Design considerations in user-set selection as well as the emerging technologies that are opening up promising new possibilities for inexpensive integrated navigation systems are examined. The technical issues associated with GPS software development, accuracy enhancement, Kalman filtering techniques, interferometry solutions and differential navigation are also thoroughly reviewed together with a number of other technologically relevant topics, including: double- and triple-differencing techniques, user set performance comparisons, relativistic time dilation, pseudosatellite design, constellation architecture and satellite longevity, geodetic surveying techniques, and precision mapmaking. Lecturer: Thomas S. Logsdon, M.S., Senior Member of Technical Staff, Rockwell International. For the past 15 years he has worked specifically on the GPS project, and was on the original proposal team. His assignments have included constellation coverage studies, GPS survivability enhancements, navigation system performance comparisons, and time synchronization studies. He is also currently working on air- traffic control applications for the GPS. For more information (complete course description, outline, instructor bio, etc.) contact: Harvey Stern U.C. Berkeley Extension/Southbay 800 El Camino Real Ste. 150 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: (415) 323-8141 Fax: (415) 323-1438 email: [log in to unmask]