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Open-File Report 02–222

Positional Accuracy of Airborne Integrated Global Positioning and Inertial Navigation Systems for Mapping in Glen Canyon, Arizona

By Richard D. Sanchez and Larry D. Hothem

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High-resolution airborne and satellite image sensor systems integrated with onboard data collection based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) and inertial navigation systems (INS) may offer a quick and cost-effective way to gather accurate topographic map information without ground control or aerial triangulation. The Applanix Corporation’s Position and Orientation Solutions for Direct Georeferencing of aerial photography was used in this project to examine the positional accuracy of integrated GPS/INS for terrain mapping in Glen Canyon, Arizona. The research application in this study yielded important information on the usefulness and limits of airborne integrated GPS/INS data-capture systems for mapping.

First posted 2002

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Sanchez, R.D. and Hothem, L.D., U.S. Geological Survey, 2002, Positional accuracy of airborne integrated global positioning and inertial navigation systems for mapping in Glen Canyon, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02–222, 14 p., available only online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/0222/.


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