<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The altitude is one of four coordinates of the user's position obtained from Satellite Navigation System (SNS) measurements. The distributions (in per cent) of VDOP coefficient value for different constellations of three SNS - GPS, GLONASS and Galileo - for different masking elevation angles for different user's latitudes are presented in the paper. The results of the measurements of GPS position and vertical accuracy in mode "3D" and position accuracy in mode "2D" for different GPS receivers and different receiver's antenna heights are demonstrated also. Additionally the use of vertical component of SNS in maritime navigation like the determination highly accurate sea-floor depths is presented.</p></abstract>

The altitude is one of four coordinates of the user's position obtained from Satellite Navigation System (SNS) measurements. The distributions (in per cent) of VDOP coefficient value for different constellations of three SNS - GPS, GLONASS and Galileo - for different masking elevation angles for different user's latitudes are presented in the paper. The results of the measurements of GPS position and vertical accuracy in mode "3D" and position accuracy in mode "2D" for different GPS receivers and different receiver's antenna heights are demonstrated also. Additionally the use of vertical component of SNS in maritime navigation like the determination highly accurate sea-floor depths is presented.

Vertical Component of Satellite Navigation Systems

Navigation Department, Gdynia Maritime University, al. Jana Pawła II 3, 81-345 Gdynia, Poland

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The altitude is one of four coordinates of the user's position obtained from Satellite Navigation System (SNS) measurements. The distributions (in per cent) of...

Vertical Component of Satellite Navigation Systems

Published Online: Feb 10, 2011

Page range: 129 - 141

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10018-011-0002-6

Keywords
Satellite Navigation System, vertical component, VDOP coefficient, GPS vertical accuracy

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Vertical Component of Satellite Navigation Systems

Published Online: Feb 10, 2011

Page range: 129 - 141

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10018-011-0002-6

KeywordsSatellite Navigation System, vertical component, VDOP coefficient, GPS vertical accuracy

This content is open access.

Keywords
Satellite Navigation System, vertical component, VDOP coefficient, GPS vertical accuracy