your position is our focus
4.6.5 Degraded
Navigation
ed
navigation
de
Degrad
vi
use
less
than
4
satellites.
4.6.5.1 2D
Navigatio
If
the
GPS
receiver
only
s
3
satellite
calculate
a
sition,
the
vigation
a
u
a
con
altitude
ke
u
e
missi
e),
the
altitude
is
kept
cons
Note
The
ANTAR
GPS
Techn
gy
does
not
lculate
any
lution
with
numbe
f
SVs
le
3
SV.
ANTARIS
®
4
Timing
Receivers
can
calculate
timing
solution
with
only
one
SV.
Note
s
during
acquisition,
the
initial
altitude
is
set
to
500m.
To
change
the
tial
altitude
u
UBX
–
CFG
onfig)
-
NAV2
(Navigatio 2)
mess
.
4.6.5.2
Dead Reckon g/ extrapo
ing position g
plemented
extra
r
does
no
longer
achieve
a
position
fix
with
a
sufficient
position
accuracy
or
DOP
value
(can
be
configured
in
UBX-CFG-NAV2).
It
keeps
a
fix
track
(heading
i
til
the
Dead
Reckoning
Timeout
is
reached.
The
position
is
extrapolated
but
it’s
indicated
as
“NoFix”
(except
for
NMEA
V2.1).
Note
For
sensor
based
Dead
Reckoning
GPS
solutions,
u-blox
offers
Dead
Reckoning
enabled
GPS
modules
racy
position
solutions
for
automotive
applications
at
places
with
poor
or
no
GPS
coverage.
This
technology
relies
on
additional
inputs
from
a
turn
rate
sensor
(gyro)
and
a
speed
sensor
(odometer
or
wheel
tick).
T
bit
information
less
accurate
than
the
information
retrieved
f
ng
available,
(e.g.
while
the
ephemeris
s
the
With
almanac
navigation
enabl
il
the
ephemeris
is
fully
retrieved.
By
disabling
almanac
navigation,
the
receiver
does
not
use
the
almanac
for
navigation,
but
will
always
wait
to
collect
the
With
an
almanac
only
solution
the
position
will
only
have
an
accuracy
of
a
few
kilometers.
Normal
GPS
performance
requires
at
least
4
satellites
included
in
the
navigation
solution,
which
have
ephemeris
information
available.
Almanac
navigation
allows
much
faster
start
up,
as
there
is
no
need
to
wait
for
the
completion
of
the
ephemeris
download
(>18s).
This
is
useful
whenever
an
inaccurate
position
is
better
than
no
position
(e.g.
emergency
or
security
devices).
Note
The
almanac
information
is
NOT
used
for
calculating
a
position,
if
valid
ephemeris
information
is
present,
regardless
of
the
setting
of
this
flag.
But
the
almanac
information
is
needed
to
acquire
the
SV
when
there
is
no
ephemeris
data
available.
scribes
all
na
n
gation
modes,
which
ha
s
to
po
na
lgorithm ses
stant
to
ma
p
for
th
ng
fourth
satellite.
When
losing
a
satellite
after
a
successful
3D
fix
(min.
4
SV
availabl
tant
to
the
last
known
altitude.
This
is
called
a
2D
fix.
IS
®
4
olo
ca
so
a
r
o
ss
than
Only
If
the
receiver
makes
initial
2D
LSQ
fixe
ini
se
(C
n
age
in
lat
in
The
im
polation
algorithm
kicks
in
as
soon
as
the
receive
s
equal
to
the
last
calculated
heading)
un
(LEA-4R/TIM-4R).
They
allow
high
accu
4.6.6 Almanac
Navigation
he
satellite
or
retrieved
from
an
almanac
is
much
a
startup
period,
only
almanac
infor
rom
the
ephemeris.
If
duri
mation
is
receiver
still
is
able
to
navigate
based
on
alman
till
is
being
downloaded)
ac
orbits.
ed,
when
a
new
satellite
rises
and
its
reception
just
has
started,
the
receiver
might
use
an
almanac
to
use
this
satellite
in
the
navigation
solution
unt
entire
ephemeris
information
before
including
a
satellite
in
the
navigation
solution.
GPS
Modules
-
System
Integration
Manual
(SIM)
(incl.
Reference
Design)
Receiver
Description
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