GPS observability and availability for various antenna locations on the human body

23rd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation 2010, ION GNSS 2010

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 2941-2951

  Bancroft, Jared B ^a   Lachapelle, Gérard ^a   Williams, Thomas ^a   Garrett, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE POSITION; DATA COLLECTION; GPS ANTENNA; GPS RECEIVERS; GROUND PLANES; HUMAN BODIES; REFERENCE SOLUTION; REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES; SENSING ELEMENTS; TRACKING PERFORMANCE; TREE CANOPY; URBAN CANYONS;

ANTENNA GROUNDS; FAULT DETECTION; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; NAVIGATION; SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 79960015615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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