• DocumentCode
    3112368
  • Title

    Geo-information entropy for positioning and navigation

  • Author

    Yan, Ming ; Yan, Lei ; Wang, Kedong

  • Author_Institution
    Beijing Key Lab. of Spatial Inf. Integration & Its Application, Peking Univ., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    26-29 April 2004
  • Firstpage
    296
  • Lastpage
    299
  • Abstract
    An inertia navigation system (INS) must be regulated with aiding information for its long-term navigation precision. In this paper, the local geographic information entropy, as aiding information, is used to correct the INS error. A minimum variance matching algorithm is designed and simulated with MATLAB. As a result, geo-information is hardly interfered by the "outer world" as a navigation aiding model, either autonomously or semi-autonomously.
  • Keywords
    entropy; error correction; geographic information systems; inertial navigation; position measurement; INS error correction; entropy matching; geo-information entropy; inertia navigation systems; information aided navigation; local geographic information entropy; long-term navigation precision; minimum variance matching algorithm; positioning; vehicle position estimation; Algorithm design and analysis; Error correction; Gaussian distribution; Gravity measurement; Information entropy; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Position measurement; Radio navigation; Remote sensing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 2004. PLANS 2004
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8416-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PLANS.2004.1309008
  • Filename
    1309008