This competition was one of my favorites last year, so I'm glad to see it back!
\nHere are two resources I used last year that really helped once I started diving into the actual GPS logs:
\nThis course has a great intro with vocab, etc, as well as details and equations if you actually want to start using the raw GPS data.
\nThis book is good if you want more detail about the gps signals and how to actually use them to solve for position. It's pretty dense (it's a textbook!) but all the info you need is there.
\nYou can also approach this competition without knowing much at all about GPS though! There are already some good notebooks that will give you a baseline position, and you can try some post processing on that location directly.
\nGood luck everyone!
", "messages": [ { "id": "1777582", "postDate": "05/04/2022 17:04:01", "content": "This competition was one of my favorites last year, so I'm glad to see it back!
\nHere are two resources I used last year that really helped once I started diving into the actual GPS logs:
\nThis course has a great intro with vocab, etc, as well as details and equations if you actually want to start using the raw GPS data.
\nThis book is good if you want more detail about the gps signals and how to actually use them to solve for position. It's pretty dense (it's a textbook!) but all the info you need is there.
\nYou can also approach this competition without knowing much at all about GPS though! There are already some good notebooks that will give you a baseline position, and you can try some post processing on that location directly.
\nGood luck everyone!
", "rawMarkdown": "This competition was one of my favorites last year, so I'm glad to see it back!\n\nHere are two resources I used last year that really helped once I started diving into the actual GPS logs:\n\n1. The Stanford GPS course (just the first part, you don't need the signal stuff):\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Fyn_h6LKU&list=PLGvhNIiu1ubyEOJga50LJMzVXtbUq6CPo\n\nThis course has a great intro with vocab, etc, as well as details and equations if you actually want to start using the raw GPS data.\n\n\n2. The GPS book by one of the professors that did that class: https://www.amazon.com/Global-Positioning-System-Measurements-Performance/dp/0970954425\n\nThis book is good if you want more detail about the gps signals and how to actually use them to solve for position. It's pretty dense (it's a textbook!) but all the info you need is there.\n\n\nYou can also approach this competition without knowing much at all about GPS though! There are already some good notebooks that will give you a baseline position, and you can try some post processing on that location directly.\n\nGood luck everyone!", "votes": null }, { "id": "1778299", "postDate": "05/05/2022 08:11:13", "content": "Great resources - especially the Stanford course which is very comprehensive. Also, worth noting that a lot can be achieved with just some basic knowledge of GPS and some post processing on location data. Good luck to everyone!
", "rawMarkdown": "Great resources - especially the Stanford course which is very comprehensive. Also, worth noting that a lot can be achieved with just some basic knowledge of GPS and some post processing on location data. Good luck to everyone!", "votes": null }, { "id": "1811947", "postDate": "06/05/2022 10:22:20", "content": "Awesome lecture.
\nI also found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqjpQZqykKA which is interesting and more compact.
\nAnd lecture notes https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/12-540-principles-of-the-global-positioning-system-spring-2012/pages/lecture-notes/ from MIT also with interesting resources available.
Great resources - especially the Stanford course which is very comprehensive. Also, worth noting that a lot can be achieved with just some basic knowledge of GPS and some post processing on location data. Good luck to everyone!
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 1811947, "author_name": "gonzalezmathieu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "06/05/2022 10:22:20", "content": "Awesome lecture.
\nI also found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqjpQZqykKA which is interesting and more compact.
\nAnd lecture notes https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/12-540-principles-of-the-global-positioning-system-spring-2012/pages/lecture-notes/ from MIT also with interesting resources available.