Vehicle and traffic management
The tools of navigation serve a broad spectrum of applications. One of the main topics refers to the wide range of vehicle and traffic management, which is characterized by a high degree of interdisciplinarity. The navigational components are correlated w
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B. Hofmann-Wellenhof, K. Legat, M. Wieser Navigation Principles of Positioning and Guidance With a contribution by H. Lichtenegger
Springer-Verlag Wien GmbH
Dr. Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof Dr. Klaus Legat Abteilung fiir Positionierung und Navigation
Dr. Manfred Wieser Abteilung fiir Theoretische Geodasie Technische Universitat Graz, Graz, Austria
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ISBN 978-3-211-00828-7 ISBN 978-3-7091-6078-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-6078-7
We dedicate this book to our wives
Irene, Maria, Renate
Foreword Several years ago, I decided to extend my teaching activities beyond the highprecision geodetic methods by including navigation. To cover this wide area, a combined effort of several persons was necessary to offer the first course on navigation. These lectures were tuned and matured year by year. When producing the manuscript for the students, the idea of writing a book on navigation began to develop. In 1998, Herbert Lichtenegger, Manfred Wieser, and I worked out the first structural concept together with an ambitious time schedule. Significant administrational duties at our university prevented a proper progress. Particularly Herbert Lichtenegger, already close to his retirement, was strongly involved in management tasks of our institute. A delay of the intended book release was the consequence. Even more, when Herbert Lichtenegger had retired, he asked for a replacement by another author. Klaus Legat, a young scientist, took over not only Lichtenegger's university position but also his tasks concerning the book - with one exception, the chapter on celestial navigation. We, the new triple of authors, could convince Herbert Lichtenegger that we need his experience for a contribution on this topic. Even more, we managed to involve him as an overall supervisor. The reader should be aware of the fact that all authors are geodesists from the Graz University of Technology. Klaus Legat and I are members of the Section of Positioning and Navigation. Manfred Wiese
