Integrating GIS and the Global Positioning System (Paperback)

The coupling of the Global Positioning System (GPS) with Geographic Information System (GIS) is an information revolution that will give unprecedented accuracy in measurement and completeness of coverage to anyone who works with geographic data of any kind. This comprehensive reference answers the myriad questions involved in combining these two... 

Estimation with Applications to Tracking and Navigation (Hardcover)

Expert coverage of the design and implementation of state estimation algorithms for tracking and navigation Estimation with Applications to Tracking and Navigation treats the estimation of various quantities from inherently inaccurate remote observations. It explains state estimator design using a balanced combination of linear systems, probability,... 

Windows Vista Tips and Tricks in Easy Steps (Paperback)

Windows Vista can be extremely frustrating at times. Often, it will simply refuse to do simple tasks, or do things that it wasn’t asked to do. Windows Vista Tips and Tricks in Easy Steps takes all the most common problems that users experience and addresses them in one easy-to-understand reference source. Want to get rid of those irritating Balloon... 

Aerospace Sensor Systems and Applications (Hardcover)

This book is about aerospace sensors and their essential roles in guidance and navigation systems. Performance characteristics, developed from basic physical laws, are consolidated in typical product-data lists, thus bridging between theory and practice; Sensor dynamics and random processes are discussed as the basis of statistical error modeling.... 

Strapdown Inertial Navigation Technology (IEE Radar, Sonar, Navigation and Avionics Series) (Hardcover)

Inertial navigation is widely used for the guidance of aircraft, missiles ships and land vehicles, as well as in a number of novel applications such as surveying underground pipelines in drilling operations. This book sets out to provide a clear and concise description of the physical principles of inertial navigation, the associated growth of errors... 

Satellite Communications and Navigation Systems (Signals and Communication Technology) (Hardcover)

Satellite Communications and Navigation Systems publishes the proceedings of the 2006 Tyrrhenian International Workshop on Digital Communications. The book focuses on the integration of communication and navigation systems in satellites. About the Author Enrico Del Re was born in Florence, Italy. He received the Dr. Ing. degree in electronics engineering... 

Strategic Navigation: A Systems Approach to Business Strategy (Hardcover)

There are many parallels between the business world and the military world: both must always be wary of the competition; both must be able to adapt to rapidly changing conditions; and if either falters the results could be devastating. Yet while military leaders have employed essentially the same strategies for thousands of years, business leaders... 

Solaris Solutions for System Administrators: Time-Saving Tips, Techniques, and Workarounds, Second Edition (Paperback)

* Teaches how to work smart and avoid the many pitfalls of managing Solaris systems * Covers the latest release of Solaris, Solaris 9, as well as earlier versions * Written by experts with years of Solaris experience * Packed with practical, hands-on solutions to tough problems, showing how to avoid costly mistakes * Tackles managing... 

Robot Navigation from Nature: Simultaneous Localisation, Mapping, and Path Planning Based on Hippocampal Models (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics) (Hardcover)

This book describes the development of a robot mapping and navigation system inspired by models of the neural mechanisms underlying spatial navigation in the rodent hippocampus. Computational models of animal navigation systems have traditionally had limited performance when implemented on robots. The aim of the work was to determine the extent to... 

Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation (Hardcover)

In recent years much attention has been paid to safety of navigation and marine transportation. Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation addresses the main aspects of marine safety, including: safety of navigation; manoeuvering and ship-handling systems; marine traffic control and antomatic identification systems; navigation tools, systems... 

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