GPS Data Processing and Analysis with GAMIT/GLOBK/TRACK
UNAVCO Headquarters, Boulder, Colorado, USA (19–23 June 2017)
This course was led by Prof. Dr and Dr (MIT).
Original information for this course, including the announcement and description, is on UNAVCO's web site.
We required participants to complete prerequisite tasks before attending this course, including reading through the Introduction to GAMIT/GLOBK (more detailed reference manuals for GAMIT and GLOBK are also provided), installing the software and at least working through the example. Please contact your registered institutional representative for the current username and password to chandler.mit.edu, or if your institution is not licensed to use GAMIT/GLOBK, to download the latest release of GAMIT/GLOBK.
We also provided some introductory lecture material, which we did not present explicitly during this course, that is helpful nevertheless for becoming acquainted with command-line systems, installing GAMIT/GLOBK and recommendations for directory structures, and preparing raw GNSS data for use with GAMIT/GLOBK:
- Working with command-line systems and GAMIT/GLOBK [Powerpoint (335 kB)] [PDF (552 kB)]
- GNSS data from receiver to processing input [Powerpoint (119 kB)] [PDF (124 kB)]
Final schedule
All times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6)
MONDAY 19 JUNE 2017: Fundamentals of GNSS and GAMIT/GLOBK
| 08:15 | Meet in reception area of SpringHill Suites Boulder Longmont |
| 08:20 | Depart SpringHill Suites Boulder Longmont |
| 08:40 | Arrive at UNAVCO and set up |
| 09:00–09:10 | Welcoming remarks by hosts |
| 09:10–09:30 | Introductions by participants |
| 09:30–10:30 | Fundamentals of GPS for geodesy [Powerpoint (12 MB)] [PDF (1.4 MB)] |
| 10:30–11:00 | Break |
| 11:00–11:30 | GAMIT/GLOBK for GNSS [Powerpoint (23 MB)] [PDF (1.5 MB)] |
| 11:30–12:30 | Practice and tutoring time |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30–14:00 | Basics of processing workflow for GAMIT/GLOBK [Powerpoint (95 kB)] [PDF (86 kB)] |
| 14:00–15:00 | Practice and tutoring time |
| 15:00–15:30 | Break |
| 15:30–16:15 | Batch processing with sh_gamit [Powerpoint (367 kB)] [PDF (373 kB)] |
| 16:15–17:00 | Practice and tutoring time |
TUESDAY 20 JUNE 2017: Post-processing with GLOBK
| 08:30 | Depart SpringHill Suites Boulder Longmont |
| 08:50 | Arrive at UNAVCO |
| 09:00–09:30 | Questions and discussion time from previous day |
| 09:30–10:30 | Reference frames [Powerpoint (5.6 MB)] [PDF (5.4 MB)] |
| 10:30–11:00 | Break |
| 11:00–12:00 | Post-processing with GLOBK [Powerpoint (146 kB)] [PDF (141 kB)] |
| 12:00–12:30 | Practice and tutoring time |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30–14:00 | Generating time series with glred [Powerpoint (315 kB)] [PDF (183 kB)] |
| 14:00–15:00 | Practice and tutoring time |
| 15:00–15:30 | Break |
| 15:30–16:00 | Generating velocity solutions with globk [Powerpoint (217 kB)] [PDF (153 kB)] |
| 16:00–17:00 | Practice and tutoring time |
| 22:24 | Happy June Solstice! |
WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE 2017: Advanced concepts I
| 08:30 | Depart SpringHill Suites Boulder Longmont |
| 08:50 | Arrive at UNAVCO |
| 09:00–09:30 | Questions and discussion time from previous day |
| 09:30–10:30 | Time series and error analysis with FOGMEx (tsfit/tsview), CATS and Hector [Powerpoint (7.2 MB)] [PDF (7.1 MB)] |
| 10:30–11:00 | Break |
| 11:00–11:45 | Survey-mode measurements and analysis [Powerpoint (16 MB)] [PDF (14 MB)] [Recipe text file (18 kB)] |
| 11:45–12:30 | Practice and tutoring time |
| 12:30–13:20 | Lunch |
| 13:20–13:30 | Short Course group photograph |
| 13:30–14:15 | Dealing with earthquakes and non-linear motions [Powerpoint (17 MB)] [PDF (17 MB)] |
| 14:15–15:00 | Practice and tutoring time |
| 15:00–15:30 | Break |
| 15:30–16:15 | Vertical loading and atmospheric parameters [Powerpoint (10 MB)] [PDF (11 MB)] |
| 16:15–17:00 | Practice and tutoring time |
THURSDAY 22 JUNE 2017: Advanced concepts II and processing with track
| 08:30 | Depart SpringHill Suites Boulder Longmont |
| 08:50 | Arrive at UNAVCO |
| 09:00–09:30 | Questions and discussion time from previous day |
| 09:30–10:30 | Processing large continuous networks [Powerpoint (486 kB)] [PDF (388 kB)] |
| 10:30–11:00 | Break |
| 11:00–12:30 | Practice and tutoring time |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30–14:15 | Introduction to and basics of processing with track [Powerpoint (316 kB)] [PDF (323 kB)] |
| 14:15–15:00 | Practice and tutoring time |
| 15:00–15:30 | Break |
| 15:30–16:15 | Examples using track [Powerpoint (26 MB)] [PDF (23 MB)] |
| 16:15–17:00 | Practice and tutoring time |
FRIDAY 23 JUNE 2017: Practice and tutoring time
| 08:30 | Depart SpringHill Suites Boulder Longmont |
| 08:50 | Arrive at UNAVCO |
| 09:00–09:30 | Questions and discussion time from previous day |
| 09:30–10:00 | Utility programs and scripts [Powerpoint (1.6 MB)] [PDF (2.2 MB)] |
| 10:00–10:30 | Practice and tutoring time |
| 10:30–11:00 | Break |
| 11:00–11:10 | A word about Connect UNAVCO (Linda Rowan) |
| 11:10–12:30 | Practice and tutoring time |
| 12:30 | Concluding remarks |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Depart course |