Related GPS & GLONASS Sites

• GPS in Australia
• Details on how the GPS System Works
• GPS Agencies

• GPS Policy
• GLONASS section of the Coordination Scientific Information Center

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GPS in Australia

• AUSPOS - Online GPS Processing
• Coordinates, Datums & Ellipsoids - Confused about which datum to use?
• GDA Technical Manual - Want more detail? The formula, spreadsheets for transforming coordinates and datums and lots more.
• Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA) - The GDA and all you need to know.
• Tectonic Plate movement - GPS measurements
• The Australian Regional GPS Network (ARGN) - Geodetic GPS sites.

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Some details on how the GPS System Works

• Tutorial on GPS by Trimble
• GPS Overview - written by Peter H. Dana
• Mapping - by Quality Engineering and Survey Technology Ltd
• How GPS Works

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GPS Agencies

The following links are to some agencies that manage the Global Position System for end users.

• The Interagency GPS Executive Board (IGEB)
• The International GPS Service (IGS)
• NAVSTAR GPS Joint Program Office
• USAF GPS Support Centre
• US Navy Office GPS Centre
• US Coast Guard Navigation Centre
• GPS satellite status
• GPS satellite status summarised for past years
• GLONASS (GLObal NAvigation Satellite System) - operated by the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense.
• University of NSW Satellite Navigation and Positioning (SNAP) - Group is undertaking research and development across a range of GPS navigation, surveying and geodesy applications.
• Recommended practices for GPS surveying - (ICSM Special Publication 1)

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