UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA

INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RESOURSE ADVANCEMENT

1MASTER OF SCIENCE IN GEO-INFORMATICS NO 01- GROUP A
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
(Held in November/December 2013)
MSGIS 05 - GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS

Answer ALL questions

(This question paper consists of 04 questions and 02 page)
Important Instructions to Candidates
If a page or a part of this question paper is not printed, please inform the supervisor
immediately
Answer all questions Time allocated 2hour
Enter Your Index Number (as in admission) on all pages of the answer script.

Using Calculators are allowed

1.
a. What are the presently available satellites based positioning
and navigation systems? (15 marks)
b. What are the three main segments of GPS system? (10 marks)
c. Explain each of above in detail (30 marks)
d. List three main uses of GPS and explain each of them with a
practical example. (15 + 30 marks)
2.
a. List the main use of each signals (types) transmits by a GPS
satellite (20 marks)

b. What are expected future modifications for present GPS signal

structure? (20 marks)
c. Explain, why L1 carrier based range measurements are
more accurate than the C/A code based range
measurements? (30 marks)
d. Briefly explain, why minimum of 4 satellites are required for
accurate positioning? (30 marks)
3.
a. List five (5) different sources of GPS positional errors (10
marks)
b. Briefly explain any three (3) error sources listed above (30
marks)
c. Briefly explain, why an error always associated with the range
measurement to each satellite? (30 marks)
d. Briefly explain, what is Differential GPS (DGPS) technique? (30
marks)
4.
a. Logically justify your agreement or disagreement of the
following statements (each 50 marks)
i. The control segment of the GPS system has equal
importance in precise positioning when compared to the
space and user segments
ii. The selection of a GPS receiver type for a map updating
project is depending with the scale and the required
accuracy of the map
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