Browsing by Subject "GPS"
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Current study abroad trips rely on students utilizing GPS directions and digital maps for navigation. While GPS-based navigation may be more straightforward and easier for some to use than traditional paper maps, studies ...
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(2016-08-02)Inspection of cracks on the surface of tall structures including chimneys, towers, containment buildings, and other cylindrical shapes is executed by visual monitoring to some extent, for which skilled field crews often ...
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(2017-05-08)Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game that uses GPS and mobile devices to assist players in the quest of finding a geocache — a cleverly hidden physical container with a log and other items inside. The current ...
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(2012-11-29)Accurate travel time data are necessary to monitor and evaluate traffic conditions effectively. In the past 20 years, the hours per year lost by the average driver have increased by 300% in the 85 largest U.S. cities, which ...
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(2013-12-10)Best management practices (BMPs) aim to reduce bacterial loading caused by grazing cattle. Relatively little is known about the effectiveness of alternative shade, alternative water, rip-rap, and prescribed grazing as ...
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(2011-02-22)Relative global positioning system (GPS) navigation is currently used for autonomous rendezvous and docking of two spacecraft as well as formation flying applications. GPS receivers deliver measurements to flight ...
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Design and Development of an Amphibious Robot for Improved Mobility in Real-World Swarm Applications (2022-12-10)This thesis presents hardware development methods and design considerations for a small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) that will serve as a platform for the future development of a versatile robotic swarm. Swarm robotics ...
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(2014-06-11)Dataset includes 23 GPS files that describe fishing trips made by Dominican fishers to fish aggregating devices. Files are in RData file format.
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)Passing on two-lane roadways is one of the most difficult movements a driver may perform and guidance on where passing maneuvers are prohibited is given by the location of no-passing zones. Currently the processes for ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)This dissertation explores both the estimation of various parameters from a multiple antenna GPS receiver, which is used as an attitude sensor, and attitude determination using GPS-like Pseudolite signals. To use a multiple ...
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(1982)Research has been generated by the desire to make the Global Positioning System (GPS), a highly accurate navigation system using satellites, accessible to the civilian user at reasonable cost. Research up to this point has ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)This study investigated the use of high resolution satellite imagery in research involving habitat selection, and movement patterns of white-tailed deer and cattle in a semi-arid landscape. Vegetation classification was ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Problem solving for location is one of the most critical cognitive skills that can be utilized in deriving a naive location and/or finding a primed location in large open spaces of the built environment. Wayfinding or ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)This thesis presents a methodology for conducting logistic regression modeling of trip and household information obtained from household travel surveys and vehicle trip information obtained from global positioning systems ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)The Chaochou Fault (CCF) is both an important lithologic boundary and a significant topographic feature in the Taiwan orogenic belt. It is the geologic boundary between the Slate Belt to the east, and the Western Foothills ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)The need addressed in this thesis is to provide an Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) with accurate information regarding its position, velocity, and orientation. The system chosen to meet these needs incorporates (1) a ...
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(2015-09-27)This work details methods of evaluation for GNSS receiver networks using evaluation techniques implemented in software. Evaluation methods are formulated in this work that estimate the availability and validity rates of ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) is one component of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and a major component of ATIS is travel time information. The provision of timely and accurate transit travel time ...
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(2015-08-05)GPS is becoming a crucial element in daily life and in global information infrastructure. GPS nowadays is becoming more reliable thanks to the technology of A-GPS and D-GPS which uses the Internet and cellular network to ...
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(2009-05-15)Overgrazing and fire suppression has left much rangeland in poor condition for various wildlife species. Prescribed fire is one range improvement practice used to restore degraded wildlife habitat. I determined the effect ...