Peter H.
Dana, Ph.D.
P.O. Box 1297
Georgetown, Texas 78627
Phone: (512) 869-1450
pdana@pdana.com
www.pdana.com
Consultant
Electronic Navigation,
Precise Positioning, and Geographic Information Systems Research and
Development
World Wide Web Materials
From:
The Geographer’s Craft
Project, Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder
Overviews:
The
GPS Overview
The
Map Projection Overview
The
Coordinate System Overview
The
Geodetic Datum Overview
From:
The National Center for Geographic Information
and Analysis
Units:
Unit 013 -
Coordinate Systems Overview
Unit 015 - The
Shape of the Earth
Unit
017 – Global Positioning System Overview
From:
GPS World
Article:
Dana, Peter H. 1998. Nicaragua's "GPSistas" Mapping
Their Lands on the Caribbean Coast. GPS World
(September).
Other On-Line Publications:
Papers
Dana, Peter H.
2004. Incorporating the Advice of Experts in GIS Analysis.
In Carter, Joseph C. Ed. The Study of Ancient Territories:
Chersoneses and Metaponto:2004 Annual Report. Oxford:
Oxbow Books. 77-81.
Clarke,
Keith C., Peter H. Dana, and Jordan T. Hastings. 2002. A New World
Geographic Reference System. Cartography and Geographic
Information Science. 29. No. 4. 355-362
Dana, Peter H. 1998.
Nicaragua’s “GPSistas”: Mapping Their Lands on the
Caribbean Coast. GPS World. (September).
Dana,
Peter H. and S. Lee Hancock. 1997. A User Friendly Location Referencing
System. Proceedings of the National Technical Meeting, Santa Monica, CA.
Washington, DC: The Institute of Navigation.
Dana, Peter H. 1997. Global Positioning System (GPS) Time Dissemination for Real-Time
Applications. Real-Time Systems: The International Journal of Time Critical Computing
Systems. 12. No. 1 (January) [PDF 215K].
Dana, Peter H. 1994. Geographic Information Systems Loran-C Coverage Modeling. Proceedings of the
Twenty-Second Annual Technical Symposium. Bedford, MA: The Wild
Goose Association. [PDF 110K]
Penrod, Bruce, Richard Funderburk, and Peter H. Dana. 1991. GPS/Loran-C
Interoperability for Time and Frequency Applications: A Survey of the Times of
Arrival of Loran-C Transmissions Via GPS Common
Mode/Common View Satellite Observations. Proceedings of the National Technical
Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. Washington DC: The Institute of Navigation.
Dana, Peter H. 1990. The
Raymondville Ghost: Loran-C Signal Reflections. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Technical
Symposium. Bedford MA: The
Wild Goose Association. [PDF 780K]
Dana,
Peter H. and Bruce M. Penrod. 1990. The Role
of GPS in Precise Time and Frequency Dissemination. GPS
World (July/August).
Dana, Peter
H., Walt Fowler and David Hindman. 1989. Automated Animal-Tracking
System: Tracking Elk with Retransmitted Loran-C. Proceedings
of the Eighteenth Annual Technical Symposium. Bedford, MA: The Wild
Goose Association.
Patents
Hancock,
Lee and Peter H. Dana. U.S. Patent #6,473,692. System and Method for Locating Points of
Interest. October 29, 2002.
Hancock,
Lee and Peter H. Dana. U.S. Patent #6,356,834. Geographic Location Referencing System and Method.
March 12, 2002.
Hancock,
Lee and Peter H. Dana. U.S. Patent #6,339,744. Geographic Location Referencing System and Method.
January 15, 2002.
Hancock,
Lee, Peter H. Dana, and S. D. Morrison. US Patent #6,295,502. Method of Identifying Geographical Location Using Hierarchical
Grid Address That Includes a Predefined Alpha Code. September 25,
2001.
Hancock,
Lee and Peter H. Dana. U.S. Patent #6,223,122. Geographic Location Referencing System and Method.
April 24, 2001.
Hancock, Lee, Peter H. Dana, and Scott D. Morrison. U.S. Patent #6,202,023. Internet Based Geographic
Location Referencing System and Method. March 13, 2001.
Hancock,
Lee and Peter H. Dana. U.S. Patent #6,047,236. Geographic Location Referencing System and Method.
April 4, 2000.
Hancock,
Lee and Peter H. Dana. U.S. Patent #5,839,088. Geographic Location Referencing System and Method.
November 11, 1998.
GPS AFiles (Archival purposes only – use with caution):
AF2000
AF99
AF98
AF97
AF96
Revised: 5/18/2007
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