Comparison of positional accuracy between rtk and rtx gnss based on the autonomous agricultural vehicles under field conditions

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 361-366

  Carballido, Jacob ^a   Perez Ruiz, Manuel ^b   Emmi, Luis ^c   Agüera, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural machinery; Autonomous tractor; GNSS; Precision agriculture; RTK GPS

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COMPUTER VISION; FLEET OPERATIONS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SATELLITES; TRACTORS (TRUCK); VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES; AUTONOMOUS TRACTORS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RTK-GPS;

TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

FORESTRY; SATELLITES; TRACTORS; VEHICLES;

EID: 84904823169     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/aea.30.10342     Document Type: Article

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