On accuracy and reliability of instantaneous network RTK as a function of network geometry, station separation, and data processing strategy

GPS Solutions

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-225

  Grejner Brzezinska, Dorota A ^a   Kashani, Israel ^a,b   Wielgosz, Pawel ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ambiguity resolution; GPS; Network RTK

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744589318     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-005-0130-1     Document Type: Article

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