GNSS Positioning Using Mobile Devices with the Android Operating System
The access and the use of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) pseudo-range and carrier-phase measurements mobile devices as smartphones and tablets with an Android operating system has transformed the concept of accurate positioning with mobile devices. In this work, the comparison of posi...
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doaj-eaf259345e3948859989817252d071c52020-11-25T02:35:03ZengMDPI AGISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2220-99642020-04-01922022010.3390/ijgi9040220GNSS Positioning Using Mobile Devices with the Android Operating SystemPaolo Dabove0Vincenzo Di Pietra1Marco Piras2Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering; Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, ItalyDepartment of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering; Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, ItalyDepartment of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering; Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, ItalyThe access and the use of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) pseudo-range and carrier-phase measurements mobile devices as smartphones and tablets with an Android operating system has transformed the concept of accurate positioning with mobile devices. In this work, the comparison of positioning performances obtained with a smartphone and an external mass-market GNSS receiver both in real-time and post-processing is made. Particular attention is also paid to accuracy and precision of positioning results, also analyzing the possibility of estimating the phase ambiguities as integer values (fixed positioning) that it is still challenging for mass-market devices. The precisions and accuracies obtained with the mass-market receiver were about 5 cm and 1 cm both for real-time and post-processing solutions, respectively, while those obtained with a smartphone were slightly worse (few meters in some cases) due to the noise of its measurements.https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/9/4/220smartphone positioningGNSSAndroidraw measurements |
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The access and the use of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) pseudo-range and carrier-phase measurements mobile devices as smartphones and tablets with an Android operating system has transformed the concept of accurate positioning with mobile devices. In this work, the comparison of positioning performances obtained with a smartphone and an external mass-market GNSS receiver both in real-time and post-processing is made. Particular attention is also paid to accuracy and precision of positioning results, also analyzing the possibility of estimating the phase ambiguities as integer values (fixed positioning) that it is still challenging for mass-market devices. The precisions and accuracies obtained with the mass-market receiver were about 5 cm and 1 cm both for real-time and post-processing solutions, respectively, while those obtained with a smartphone were slightly worse (few meters in some cases) due to the noise of its measurements. |
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