On improving the accuracy and reliability of GPS/INS-based direct sensor georeferencing

Y Yi - 2007 - rave.ohiolink.edu
Y Yi
2007rave.ohiolink.edu
Due to the complementary error characteristics of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and
Inertial Navigation System (INS), their integration has become a core positioning
component, providing high-accuracy direct sensor georeferencing for multi-sensor mobile
mapping systems. Despite significant progress over the last decade, there is still a room for
improvements of the georeferencing performance using specialized algorithmic approaches.
The techniques considered in this dissertation include:(1) improved single-epoch GPS …
Abstract
Due to the complementary error characteristics of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Inertial Navigation System (INS), their integration has become a core positioning component, providing high-accuracy direct sensor georeferencing for multi-sensor mobile mapping systems. Despite significant progress over the last decade, there is still a room for improvements of the georeferencing performance using specialized algorithmic approaches. The techniques considered in this dissertation include:(1) improved single-epoch GPS positioning method supporting network mode, as compared to the traditional real-time kinematic techniques using on-the-fly ambiguity resolution in a single-baseline mode;(2) customized random error modeling of inertial sensors;(3) wavelet-based signal denoising, specially for low-accuracy high-noise Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) inertial sensors;(4) nonlinear filters, namely the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) and the Particle Filter (PF), proposed as alternatives to the commonly used traditional Extended Kalman Filter (EKF).
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