How good does it get? Polaris: demonstrating performance levels of positioning technologies.(Simulation)(global navigation satellite systems)

From: GPS World | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Gavin-Alarcon, Angel J.; Sheridan, Kevin; Mark, Audrey | Copyright information

New markets and professional applications are emerging to take advantage of the improvements in navigation performances that can be obtained by using complementary sensors and systems with GNSS. A new software tool, named Polaris, provides the means to demonstrate the benefits to be gained within these markets

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Service providers who want to take advantage of the benefits of global navigation satellite systems (GNSSes) such as GPS and, in due course,...

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