After the first edition of this book was published at the end of 2003, I was very happy to put the hard work of book writing behind me and concentrate myself with my small team on the development of a multi-functional GPS/Galileo software (MFGsoft). The experiences from the practice and the implementation of the theory and algorithms into the high standard software gave me a strong feeling that I would very much like to revise and to supplement the original book, to modify parts of the contents and to - port on the new progress and knowledge. Furthermore, with the EU Galileo system now being realised and the Russian GLONASS system under development; the GPS theory and algorithms should be re-described so that they are also valid for the Galileo and GLONASS systems. Therefore, I am grateful to all of the readers of this book, whose int- est made it possible so that the Springer asked me to complete this second edition. I remember that I was in a hurry during the last check of the layout of the first edition. The description of a numerical solution of the variation equation in Sect. 11. 5. 1 was added to the book at the last minute in a limited extension of exactly one page.

About the Author

Guochang Xu graduated in mathematics and geodesy from Wuhan University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1982 and 1984 respectively. He obtained his doctorate from the Technical University Berlin in 1992. Having worked as a scientist at the GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam from 1993 to 1998 and as a senior scientist at the National Survey and Cadastre, Denmark, from 1998 to 1999, he returned to the GFZ as a senior scientist in 1999. He has been involved in GPS research since 1993 and has authored and co-authored several books and software. He is also an overseas assessor of CAS and the Chinese Education Ministry and an adjunct professor of ChangAn University and CAS.

Reviews
Aus den Rezensionen zur 2 Auflage: "... eine umfassend uberarbeitete und erganzte Version ... Xu verfolgt das Ziel, dem Leser detaillierte lnformationen zur Auswertung von GNSS-Daten nahezubringen, die fur eine praktische Software-Entwicklung relevant sind. ... Das Buch gliedert sich in ... 12 Kapitel, wobei die ... Kapitel mit einer sehr klaren Erlauterung eingefuhrt werden, die dem Leser die Konzepte der Kapitel und Zusammenhange mit anderen Abschnitten ... vermitteln. ... Die Darstellung der Formeln und Gleichungen sind gut lesbar und ermoglichen prinzipiell eine ... Umsetzung in Software-Algorithmen. ... Das Buch wird erganzt durch eine ... umfangreiche Literaturliste ..." (Jorg Reinking, in: zfv - Zeitschrift fur Geodasie, Geoinformation und Landmanagement, 2009, Vol. 134, Issue 2, S. 122 f.)



Book Information
ISBN 9783642091810
Author Guochang Xu
Format Paperback
Page Count 340
Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG