[HOT] Low-cost solutions for meter- or centimeter- precision GPS measurements
Eric Sibert
courrier at eric.sibert.fr
Thu Feb 21 10:54:52 GMT 2013
> below a report (unfortunately only in German) about low-cost solutions
> (~500USD) for meter to centimer precision GPS devices.
>
> This is probably not of huge relevance for most OSM uses but it might still
> be interesting for some of you.
It is of interest. Centimeter precision can help aerial view
calibration or checking existing sources like Bing, cadastre... Also,
in countries where WAAS/EGNOS is not available, you will improve the
accuracy.
GNSS systems are changing a lot presently. Within 2020, we should have
120 GNSS satellites. Already existing chips working with single L1
frequency may obtain sub-decimetre accuracy with post-processing.
u-blox NEO-6 is one of them.
NV08C-CSM from Navit is also very promising with multi-constellation.
Retail prices are lower than 50$. You can find prototype for less than
500$ but one can imagine mass product for much lower prices:
http://www.onetalent-gnss.com/ideas/usb-hw-receivers
I encourage you look at Michele Bavaro's blog:
http://michelebavaro.blogspot.fr/
Comparison of several chips with typical accuracy of 4 cm:
http://michelebavaro.blogspot.fr/2012_02_01_archive.html
25 satellites (GPS, Glonass, Galileo) at the same time:
http://michelebavaro.blogspot.fr/2012/12/full-galileo-iov.html
Indeed, I'm dreaming of a GNSS raw data logger with also a 3D
accelerometer+gyroscop (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11028), USB
for control and battery charging, and bluetooth for remote control by
a smartphone.
No one want founding for such a development? ;-)
Eric
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