Terrain referenced navigation

Author

Priestley, Neil

fYear

1990

fDate

20-23 Mar 1990

Firstpage

482

Lastpage

489

Abstract

An attempt is made to provide airframe manufacturers and system integrators with an overview of terrain referenced navigation, with particular emphasis on the principle of operation, the types of sensors, and correlation processes in use. The optimization of the sensors for terrain referenced navigation is discussed, and terrain referenced navigation is compared with the Global Positioning System (GPS). It is noted that applications of terrain referenced navigation in conjunction with the database are perhaps more important than the improved navigation accuracy. How each of these applications is implemented and the hardware implications are detailed. The three-dimensional accurate position and the database can be used for other functions such as terrain following and intelligent ground proximity warning

Keywords

aerospace computing; aircraft control; computerised navigation; aircraft; correlation processes; database; intelligent ground proximity warning; sensors; terrain following; terrain referenced navigation; Aircraft navigation; Databases; Global Positioning System; Hardware; Inertial navigation; Intelligent sensors; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Sensor systems; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1990. Record. The 1990's - A Decade of Excellence in the Navigation Sciences. IEEE PLANS '90., IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLANS.1990.66218

Filename

66218