GPS and GLONASS Concepts
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GPS and GLONASS
When the Global Positioning System (GPS) became operational in 1993, it promised to
provide a new utility as pervasive and as useful as the telephone. However, GPS has
certain limitations that become apparent in certain applications. These limitations are
dramatically reduced by the augmentation of GPS with the Russian GLObal NAvigation
Satellite System (GLONASS). The Ashtech GG Surveyor™ GPS+GLONASS receiver
uses the 13 healthy GLONASS satellites in addition to the 26 healthy GPS satellites,
providing a system even more reliable and more accurate than either system alone.
Ashtech's GG Surveyor is the world's first fully integrated GPS+GLONASS receiver for
easy integration with electronic displays, vehicle tracking, flight management survey, and
mapping systems.
Background
There are three primary benefits of adding GLONASS to GPS: availability, integrity, and
accuracy.
Availability
A navigation system is “available” when it produces valid position fixes. The availability
of a valid and accurate GPS position fix depends strongly on the visibility of enough
satellites. A GPS receiver needs to “see” at least four satellites to calculate latitude,
longitude and altitude. This is easy in a perfect environment. With 26 GPS satellites
orbiting the earth, there are usually seven satellites visible 10 degrees or more above the
horizon. But if there is a mountain, building, tree, or other obstruction nearby, the number
of visible satellites may fall to four, three or fewer, with the possibility that the GPS
receiver has too few satellites to compute position.
Integrity
A navigation system has “integrity” when it can warn the user that the position fix is in
error. It’s even better if the system can remove the error and provide a correct solution. A
GPS receiver must use five satellites (and an integrity algorithm) to detect a problem. To
remove the satellite that is causing the problem, a sixth satellite must be used. With the
addition of GLONASS there are twice as many satellites available, and so twice as much
chance that an integrity algorithm can operate correctly. The GG Surveyor has built-in
Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) to detect and remove faulty GPS or
GLONASS satellites.
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