Navigation and Positioning
A section of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Section Information
The Navigation and Positioning Section publishes peer-reviewed papers covering all aspects of navigation and positioning.
Potential Topics:
- Global navigation satellite (GNSS)
- Satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS)
- Indoor localization systems (ILS)
- Geographic information system (GIS)
- Industrial metrology & geodetic systems
- Location-based services (LBS) and applications
- Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)
- Ultrasound positioning
- Ultra Wide Band (UWB) positioning
- Precise positioning
- Navigation guidance
- Inertial navigation
- Indoor positioning, navigation, tracking methods
- AoA, TOF, TDOA based localization
- Signal Strength Based Methods, Fingerprinting
- Seamless positioning systems
- Optical Positioning Systems
- Indoor maps and 3D building models
- Vehicle and personal location
- Intelligent transportation
- Path planning
- Object tracking
- Wireless positioning technologies
- Navigation and visual scanning technologies
- Applications of location awareness & context detection
- Visual odometry
- Pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR)
- Standards and interoperability
- Human motion monitoring and modeling
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Multi-sensor Integration for Navigation and Environmental Sensing (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- INS/GNSS Integrated Navigation Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Emerging Advances in Wireless Positioning and Location-Based Services (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Smart Sensor Systems for Positioning and Navigation (Deadline: 25 December 2024)
- Sports Sensors for Athlete Motion Tracking and Physiological Monitoring (Deadline: 1 January 2025)
- Sensors for Unmanned Surface/Underwater Vehicles: Current State-of-the-Art and Future Trends (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Indoor Positioning Technologies: Toward Healthcare Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Multi‐sensors for Indoor Localization and Tracking: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Enhancing Indoor LBS with Emerging Sensor Technologies (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advancements in GNSS Precise Point Positioning Technology and Applications (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Wireless Sensors and Machine-Learning-Based Algorithms, Systems, and Applications for Practical Positioning and Navigation Systems (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advances in Signal Processing for GNSS and Complementary PNT Technologies—2nd Edition (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Indoor Navigation: Indoor Positioning System Using Sensing Technologies (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Sensor Fusion Applications for Navigation and Indoor Positioning (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Recent Advances in Integrated GNSSs towards Seamless Navigation Using Multi-sensor Fusion Technology (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Advancements and Applications of Cooperative Positioning, Planning and Control for Autonomous Vehicles (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Underwater Navigation, Guidance and Control Technology in Ocean Engineering (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Advances in GNSS Signal Processing and Navigation (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Leveraging Machine Learning for Enhanced Indoor Positioning Accuracy and Reliability (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Positioning and Sensing Technologies for Ubiquitous Mobile Intelligence (Deadline: 25 June 2025)
- Large AI Models for Positioning and Perception in Autonomous Driving (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Navigation and Autonomous Driving in Electric Vehicles (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Advanced AI Technologies for Positioning and Perception in Autonomous Electric Vehicles (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Wireless Sensor Networks for Localization and Tracking Systems: Technologies (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
