ON THE STRUCTURE OF GEOMETRIC POSITIONING INFORMATION IN GPS MEASUREMENTS

Authors
KUANG D SCHUTZ BE WATKINS MM
Citation
D. Kuang et al., ON THE STRUCTURE OF GEOMETRIC POSITIONING INFORMATION IN GPS MEASUREMENTS, JOURNAL OF GEODESY, 71(1), 1996, pp. 35-43
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Geochemitry & Geophysics","Remote Sensing
Journal title
JOURNAL OF GEODESY → ACNP
ISSN journal
09497714
Volume
71
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
35 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
0949-7714(1996)71:1<35:OTSOGP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The geometric information from observables of the Global Positioning S ystem is analyzed through the eigenvectors of the normal matrix in the positioning estimation problem. The relationship among observability, bias absorption and loss of information in differencing measurements is addressed. Some general conclusions for point positioning and relat ive positioning problems are drawn from analytic inference and support ed by numerical simulations.