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* Geodesy
** Geodetic Datum: Historical and Current Earth Ellipsoids
** Geometrical Figure of the Earth: Cartesian, Spherical, Geodetic and (Spatial) Ellipsoidal Coordinates, Ellipsoid of Revolution, Curvatures of an Ellipsoid of Revolution, 
** Physical Figure of the Earth: Integral Gravitation Field Equation, Differential Gravitation Field Equations, Laplace vs. Laplace-Beltrami Operator, Surface Harmonics, Earth's external Gravitational Potential
** Earth Gravity Model 1996 (EGM96): Introduction, Normalized EGM96 Gravitational Coefficients truncated at $n = m = 9$, WGS84 EGM96 Geoid, The Geoid as Reference Surface for Heights, Example: Deflection of the Vertical
** Gravity Field of an Equipotential Ellipsoid of Revolution (Level Ellipsoid): Gravity Potential Field as (Truncated) Spherical Harmonics Series Expansion, Gravity Vector and Gravity Vector Gradient Truncated After $J_2$ and $J_4$ Term, Exact Closed-Form Solution in Ellipsoidal Coordinates, Derivation of Somigliana's Formula, Exact Formula of Somigliana, Free Air Reduction of Altitudes &lt; 30 km, Evaluation and Residuals of Normal Gravity Formula, Somigliana (Normal) Gravity Gradient in n-Frame, Evaluation of WGS84 Gravity Vector Gradient
** World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84): WGS84 Datum and Refinements, Defining Parameters, Derived Geometric Constants, Derived Physical Constants
* Inertial Navigation Sensors
** Sensor Technologies
*** History
*** Platform Systems vs. Strapdown Systems
*** Accelerometers: Principle, Sensor Errors, Mechanical Pendulous Accelerometer, Micro-Electromechanical Pendulous Accelerometers, Performance Overview
*** Gyroscopes: The Sagnac Effect, Ring Laser Gyro (RLG), Fiber-Optic Gyro (FOG), Performance Overview
** IMU Calibration: Introduction, Models and Governing Equations for Accelerometer Sensor Errors, Accelerometer Calibration Example, Assessment of Required Calibration Lab Setup Accuracies, High-Precision Turn Table, Industrial Robot Calibration, Models and Governing Equations of Gyroscope Sensor Errors, Gyroscope Calibration Example
** Stationary Alignment: Leveling, Gyro Compassing, Stationary Alignment in Polar Regions, Influence on Attitude of IMU Error Propagation, IMU Classification, Tactical and Navigation Grade IMUs
* Inertial Navigation Algorithms
** Reference Frames
** Derivation of the Strapdown Inertial Navigation ODEs
** Conventional Rotation Parameters
** Parameterizations of the Group of Rotation Matrices
** Parameterized Orientation Differential Equations
** Strapdown Inertial Navigation ODEs for Non-Integrating IMUs
** Numerical Integration of Ordinary Differential Equations
** All-Earth Navigation: Motivation, Introduction of Local Quaternions, Alternatives to the North-Indicating n-Frame, The Free Azimuth Horizontal Wander Frame
* Integrating IMU Algorithms
* Navigation Error Propagation
* Stochastic Sensor Error Processes
* Satellite Navigation
* Navigation System Theory
* Multi-Sensor Multi-Frequency Data Fusion
* Integrated Navigation Systems