Solving for Time: A Unified, Covariance-Based Comparison of Celestial and Radionavigation Algorithms from 1770 to the Present

Daniel G. Jablonski

Abstract:	The United States has a long, but somewhat neglected history of using time-based algorithms for navigation, surveying, and mapping. In this paper, we show how Mason & Dixon, Maskelyne, Harrison, Lewis & Clark, and others developed algorithms that are today used in modern systems, including GPS.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 44th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting November 26 - 29, 2012 Hyatt Regency Reston Town Center Reston, Virginia
Pages:	273 - 288
Cite this article:	Jablonski, Daniel G., "Solving for Time: A Unified, Covariance-Based Comparison of Celestial and Radionavigation Algorithms from 1770 to the Present," Proceedings of the 44th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Reston, Virginia, November 2012, pp. 273-288.
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