Navigation, Positioning and Mapping: A Review

Walter Senus

Abstract:	The three disciplines of Navigation, Positioning, and Mapping have always been closely related, with advances in any one of these disciplines quickly migrating into the other two. The introduction of the fust electronic navigation system charts caused the relationships to grow even closer, and the trend continues to this day with the further evolution of radio navigation, inertial navigation, satellite positioning systems, and, most recently, GPS technology. This paper presents a historical review of these three disciplines and their evolving relationships over the past fifty years. Issues related to datums, datum transformations, and the development of world geodetic systems will be examined. The importance of digital mapping, and digital geodetic data bases as support to electronic navigation and modem positioning technology is discussed. Issues associated with interoperability, standards, data exchange, and data ownership are also addressed. The paper concludes with an interpretation af current trends and their implications for Navigation, Positioning, and Mapping.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1995) June 5 - 7, 1995 Antlers Doubletree Hotel Colorado Springs, CO
Pages:	623 - 631
Cite this article:	Senus, Walter, "Navigation, Positioning and Mapping: A Review," Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1995), Colorado Springs, CO, June 1995, pp. 623-631.
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