Leica Geosystems GPS Basics - Manual (Page 4)

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GPS Basics -1.0.0en Preface
Preface
Why have we written this book and
who should read it?
Leica manufactures, amongst other
things, GPS hardware and software.
This hardware and software is used by
many professionals in many applica-
tions. One thing that almost all of our
users have in common is that they are
not GPS scientists or experts in Geod-
esy. They are using GPS as a tool to
complete a task. Therefore, it is useful to
have background information about what
GPS is and how it works.
This book is intended to give a novice or
potential GPS user a background in the
subject of GPS and Geodesy. It is not a
definitive technical GPS or Geodesy
manual. There are many texts of this sort
available, some of which are included in
the reading list on the back pages.
This book is split into two main sections.
The first explains GPS and how it works.
The second explains the fundamentals
of geodesy.