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jmrickerby
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Hi there,

I am trying to illustrate GPS satellite orbit paths over North-West Canada in ArcGIS.

I'm reproduce this type of plot - same sort of thing you can see in observation planning software (thanks Trimble for the image below).

Any suggestions on a data source for this data, and in a format friendly to ArcGIS?

I see that there's something called AGI STK that might help here, but any feedback would be appreciated.

Regards,

Jason


 
Posted : March 7, 2015 10:56 pm
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I realize I am not directly responding to your query but have you looked at these approaches:

http://www-gpsg.mit.edu/~tah/12.540/12.540_HW01_soln.htm

http://freegeographytools.com/2009/investigate-satellite-orbit-tracks-and-coverage-including-gps-satellite-systems-with-jsattrak

HTH,

DMM


 
Posted : March 8, 2015 10:53 am
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>
> Any suggestions on a data source for this data, and in a format friendly to ArcGIS?
>
Check out "Heavens Above":

http://heavens-above.com/?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT

Every satellite since the beginning of time to the present. Not sure of what format they can output in, but it should sure get you started.


 
Posted : March 8, 2015 11:10 am