CE 597 ADjustment of Geospatial Observations Fall 2016

Purdue University - School of Civil Engineering

last update 21-aug-2016

Instructor

Jim Bethel, CIVL 4111, Tel: 494-6719, Email: bethel@ecn.purdue.edu

Primary Text

No Textbook, primary reference will be course notes

References

Observations and Least Squares, by Mikhail (out of print, contact instructor for copy)

Linear Algebra, Geodesy, and GPS, by Strang and Borre, Wellesly-Cambridge Press, 1997

GPS Satellite Surveying, by Leick, Wiley 2004

Analysis and Adjustment of Survey Measurements, by Mikhail & Gracie (out of print)

Kalman Filter for Beginners, with MATLAB Examples by Phil Kim, A-JIN, 2001

Advanced Kalman Filtering, Least Squares, and Modeling, by Bruce Gibbs, Wiley, 2011

Algorithms for Global Positioning by Borre and Strang, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 2012

Introduction to Random Signals and Applied Kalman Filtering, by Brown and Hwang, Wiley, 1997

Numerical & Graphics Software

Matlab is available on all ITAP & ECN machines

ITAP "DACS/Software Remote" another way to find MATLAB

www.itap.purdue.edu, follow link to "software remote" (DACS), or follow link:

Software Remote

Class

MWF 11:30, HAMP 1113

Office hours

any time is ok, ask early about assignments, not at last minute.

Grading

1 Midterm Exam 37.5%, 1 Final Exam 37.5%, Homework 25%, 1 page of notes allowed for all exams

Homework

collaboration OK on concepts, but do and hand in your own work

Programming

you will need to become familiar with Matlab, both interactive mode and programming (script) mode

Web Address

https://engineering.purdue.edu/~bethel, follow link for fall 2016

note: prior years' sites are there, use for reference and help.

Topics generally the same, maybe different order, different emphasis. homeworks and exams are different each year.