GNSS For Site Engineers - Theory
Your Instructor
Gail McEwen is Setting Out For Construction's Lead Trainer for CAD and machine control courses. She is an experienced Civil Engineer and Approved Trainer for the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)
She has ten years’ experience of the construction phase of civil engineering projects. Her site experience includes a range of hands-on and supervisory site-based roles including operating dozers, graders and excavators, site engineering and site management.
All of our eLearning courses are available as classroom courses either as open courses or in-house. We can also support with site set up support and remote technical support for Site Engineers.
Course Curriculum
GNSS Theory
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StartAbout This Course
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Start1. Welcome (1:32)
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Start2. What is GNSS (12:40)
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Start3. Satellites and Orbits (24:40)
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Start4. Atomic Clocks (27:32)
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Start5. Pseudo Range Positioning (13:35)
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Start6. Frequencies (11:42)
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Start7. Codes (26:06)
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Start8. How are codes imposed onto carrier waves (7:28)
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Start9. What is the benefit of using duel frequencies (8:50)
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Start10. Errors within GPS (7:57)
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Start11. Ionospheric Delay (18:38)
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Start12. Tropospheric Delay (9:52)
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Start13. Clock Biases (7:22)
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Start14. Orbital Bias (7:17)
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Start15. Multipath (8:51)
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Start16. Differencing (9:10)
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Start17. Pseudorange vs carrier phase measurements (8:06)
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Start18. Surveying Method (Static) (17:41)
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Start19. Survey Method RTK (23:57)
Coordinate Systems
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StartGeoids and Ellipsoids (13:39)
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StartLongitude and Latitude vs Cartesian Coordinates (19:13)
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StartGeocentric vs Geodetic Coordinates (6:31)
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StartMap Projections (29:30)
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StartDatums (12:39)
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StartReference Systems and Reference Frames (15:01)
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StartITRS and ITRF (20:11)
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StartETRS89 (17:52)
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StartOSGB36 (7:15)
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StartTransformation Systems OSTN15 and OSGM15 (15:51)
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
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What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.