Syllabus

Development of global surveying techniques, positioning and navigation with satellites, Reference systems: coordinate systems, time systems, satellite orbits: orbit description, orbit determination, orbit dissemination, satellite signalsGPS – reference systems, GPS services, GPS segments, GPS signal structure,  GLONASS - reference systems, GLONASS segments, GLONASS signal structure,  Galileo - reference systems, Galileo services, Galileo segments, Galileo signal structure, IRNSS - signals, services and segments, satellite based augmentation systems (SBAS) - GAGAN, WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS applications.
 

Introduction to LiDAR, LIDAR system components, characteristics of LIDAR data, LIDAR remote sensing platforms-airborne platforms, spaceborne platforms, ground-based platforms, bathymetric mapping systems, registration of LIDAR data,LIDAR filtering, DTM generation, point cloud processing, building extraction, forestry- LIDAR and forests, measuring forests with LIDAR, basic forest metrics, 3D urban modelling, mobile LIDAR mapping, fusion with other sensors