Principles of positioning and guidance authors hofmann wellenhof b legat klaus wieser m free preview buy this book image based and integrated navigation routing and guidance are the main topics of the third part applications on land at sea in the air and in space are considered followed by a critical outlook on the future of navigation this book is designed for students . Navigation is the science of determining our position and our course of motion because it involves such fundamental quantities navigation has played an essential role in human existence for millennia this role has hardly diminished even though we now have the capability to determine where we are with global radio navigation systems such as the global positioning system gps if anything . Download citation navigation principles of positioning and guidance navigation is the science of determining our position and our course of motion because it involves such fundamental . Navigation principles of positioning and guidance hofmann wellenhof bernhard legat klaus christian wieser manfred textbook aufl wien springer verlag