Structural Deformation Monitoring Integrating a New Wireless Positioning Technology with GPS. In today's society, current positioning technologies are unable to provide location information with the necessary accuracy, reliability, and low cost, for an expanding number of location aware applications. Locata's positioning technology has the potential to meet these requirements through a network of terrestrial based signal transmitters and GPS integration. The proposed research will provide adva ....Structural Deformation Monitoring Integrating a New Wireless Positioning Technology with GPS. In today's society, current positioning technologies are unable to provide location information with the necessary accuracy, reliability, and low cost, for an expanding number of location aware applications. Locata's positioning technology has the potential to meet these requirements through a network of terrestrial based signal transmitters and GPS integration. The proposed research will provide advanced training to graduate students and enable this technology to be realised. The application of the technology is almost limitless, from surveying and civil engineering projects, manufacturing industries and consumer Location Based Services (LBS), where the benefits would be enormous.Read moreRead less
Ellipsoidal physical geodesy - improved global and local gravity field modelling. Improved techniques for gravity field modelling, using the ellipsoidal approach proposed in this research, will increase the accuracy of the Australian geoid model. A more accurate model of the geoid will bring great cost-benefits mainly to the Australian surveying, mapping and exploration community. For example, height determination from GPS [Global Positioning System] or similar satellite-based measurements is on ....Ellipsoidal physical geodesy - improved global and local gravity field modelling. Improved techniques for gravity field modelling, using the ellipsoidal approach proposed in this research, will increase the accuracy of the Australian geoid model. A more accurate model of the geoid will bring great cost-benefits mainly to the Australian surveying, mapping and exploration community. For example, height determination from GPS [Global Positioning System] or similar satellite-based measurements is only possible with the aid of an accurate geoid model. This will allow the use GPS to its full capacity and save valuable time and money (by as much as a factor of 10).Read moreRead less
Stochastic modelling for high precision GPS positioning applications. Realistic stochastic modelling for measurements is one of the fundamental and challenging issues in a wide range of scientific problems. This project aims to develop and test an innovative stochastic modelling methodology for high precision GPS positioning applications. The new stochastic modelling methodology will significantly improve the accuracy and reliability of satellite positioning results. The expected outcomes are ....Stochastic modelling for high precision GPS positioning applications. Realistic stochastic modelling for measurements is one of the fundamental and challenging issues in a wide range of scientific problems. This project aims to develop and test an innovative stochastic modelling methodology for high precision GPS positioning applications. The new stochastic modelling methodology will significantly improve the accuracy and reliability of satellite positioning results. The expected outcomes are: (1) new knowledge about the statistical characteristics of satellite measurements; (2) development of a new error analysis framework; and (3) development of computationally efficient data processing algorithms to support high precision GPS positioning applications.Read moreRead less