A Brief Explanation of the Early Techniques of Positioning

This chapter contains sections titled: Discovering the World The First Age of Navigation and the Longitude Problem The First Optical‐Based Calculation Techniques The First Terrestrial Radio‐Based Systems The First Navigation Satellite Systems: TRANSIT and PARUS/TSIKADA The Second Generation of Navigation Satellite Systems: GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo The Forthcoming Third Generation of Navigation Satellite Systems: QZSS and COMPASS Representing the World Exercises Bibliography