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Corporate

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Ordnance Survey corporate site.
General information
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/
upload/pdf/where_on_earth_are_we.pdf
Where on Earth Are We? The Global Positioning System (GPS) in archaeological field survey.
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/gisfiles Interactive GIS learning zone, for beginners and experts alike.
http://www.geod.nrcan.gc.ca/products/
html-public/GSDpublications/GPSguide/
English/GPSGuideCover.html
Canadian Geodetic Survey, GPS Positioning Guide. A detailed in depth guide. (pdf format).
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/
gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj_f.html
Introduction to map projections, coordinate systems and GPS
http://www.gpsworld.com GPS World magazine (including buyers guide and manufacturer's links).
Infrastructure
http://www.peterson.af.mil/usspace/gps_support/ Official GPS Support Centre.
http://www.galileo-pgm.org Official Galileo information page.
http://www.rssi.ru/SFCSIC/english.html Official GLONASS information page.
Resources
http://164.214.2.59/GandG US National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Information on Geodesy, GPS and WGS84 - its definition and relationships with local geodetic systems across the world.
http://gauss.gge.unb.ca/CANSPACE.html Canadian Space Geodesy forum, emailing list.
Note: this link is case sensitive.
http://lareg.ensg.ign.fr/ITRF International Terrestrial Reference Frame information page.
http://www.epncb.oma.be/ The European Reference Frame information page.
http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov The International GPS Service information page. Source of precise satellite orbits.
Institutes and Research Organisations
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/iessg Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy, University of Nottingham.
http://geomatics.ncl.ac.uk Department of Geomatics, University of Newcastle.
http://www.ps.ucl.ac.uk Department of Geomatic Engineering, University College London.
http://www.cts.cv.ic.ac.uk/geomatics Imperial College Engineering Geomatics Group.
http://www.uel.ac.uk/surveying/index.htm School of Surveying, University of East London
http://www.rin.org.uk Royal Institute of Navigation.
http://www.bnsc.gov.uk British National Space Centre
http://www.tsa-uk.org.uk The Survey Association
http://www.ices.org.uk The Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
http://www.rics.org.uk Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Book titles on geodesy, GPS surveying and map projections.
Introduction to geodesy: The history and concepts of modern geodesy James R. Smith, published by John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
Geodesy: The concepts Peter Vanicek and Edward Krakiwsky, published by North-Holland 1982.
GPS satellite surveying 2nd edition, by Alfred Leick, published by John Wiley and Sons 1995
GPS Theory and Practice 4th edition, by B Hofmann-Wellenhof, H Lichtenegger and J Collins, published by Springer-Verlag 1997.
Map Projections: Theory and Applications Frederick Pearson, published by CRC Press 1990.
Map Projections: A Reference Manual Lev Bugayevskiy and John Snyder, published by Taylor and Francis 1995.
European Organisations
http://www.osmaps.org National Mapping Agencies of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
http://www.eurogeographics.org Website of official National Mapping Agencies in Europe.
http://crs.ifag.de/crs_national.php National Coordinate Reference Systems of European Countries and Transformations to ETRS89.
Institutes and Research Organisations
http://www.bmec.org.uk/b058.htm Hydrographic Office,Taunton.

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