Land navigation and fleet management with GPS, Loran, and dead reckoning sensors

Author

Hunter, Tom ; Ashjaee, Javad

Author_Institution

Ashtech Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

29 Nov-2 Dec 1988

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

60

Abstract

The Hunter Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) is presented. The block diagram of the system is presented, and elements of the in-vehicle unit (IVU) and the dispatch control-unit (DCU) are studied. Some practical considerations about the communications links are presented. Map database generation from common geodetically referenced data sources such as the 7.5-min USGS quads is discussed. Implemented as a geodetically referenced system, the VTS can accept inputs from sensors of navigational receivers such as GPS (Global Positioning System) and Loran-C. A comparison of results between GPS and Loran is presented

Keywords

radionavigation; GPS; Hunter Vehicle Tracking System; Loran; VTS; communications links; dead reckoning sensors; fleet management; geodetically referenced data sources; land navigation; map database; Costs; Dead reckoning; Disaster management; Dispatching; Global Positioning System; Military computing; Monitoring; Radio navigation; Sensor systems; Vehicles;

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.1988.195466

Filename

195466