An integrated land navigation system

Author

McMillan, J.C.

Author_Institution

Defence Res. Establ. Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1988

fDate

29 Nov-2 Dec 1988

Firstpage

221

Lastpage

229

Abstract

An exploratory development model of an optimally integrated system for Artic land navigation has been designed, implemented, and tested. This system, called PLANS (Primary Land Arctic Navigation System) was designed and built to be a highly reliable, moderately accurate and moderately priced, nonradiating automatic navigation system for all-weather off-the-road use. It combines several self-contained sensors with two satellite receivers, using an eight-state Kalman filter on a microcomputer, to provide a continuous optimal estimate of position, heading and speed. The self-contained sensors consist of a strapdown gyro unit, an odometer pickoff for speed, a magnetic fluxgate sensor, and a baroaltimeter. The satellite receivers are a C/A code GPS (Global Positioning System) and dual-channel transit receiver

Keywords

radionavigation; Artic land navigation; C/A code GPS; PLANS; Primary Land Arctic Navigation System; all-weather off-the-road use; baroaltimeter; continuous optimal estimate; dual-channel transit receiver; eight-state Kalman filter; heading; integrated land navigation system; magnetic fluxgate sensor; microcomputer; nonradiating automatic navigation system; odometer pickoff; position; satellite receivers; self-contained sensors; speed; strapdown gyro unit; Antarctica; Arctic; Fluctuations; Global Positioning System; Magnetic sensors; Magnetic separation; Microcomputers; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite navigation systems; State estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1988. Record. Navigation into the 21st Century. IEEE PLANS '88., IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLANS.1988.195487

Filename

195487