DIPSY, a low-cost GPS application with high accuracy

Wim F.M. van der Heijden, B.Sc., Eur Ing

Abstract:	To improve the control of unmanned aircraft flying out of visual range, the controller needs to be provided with real-time information about the position and behaviour of the drone during the flight. The position of the drone has to be presented with a relative high accuracy to obtain accurate flight patterns and to keep the drone within the limited space of operations. Standard GPS C/A code with Selec-tive Availability will not provide the required accuracy in this application. A low-cost solution to get a high relative position accuracy of the drone has been developed. The principle of operation and some measured results will be described.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 11th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1998) September 15 - 18, 1998 Nashville, TN
Pages:	557 - 562
Cite this article:	Heijden, Wim F.M. van der, B.Sc.,, Ing, Eur, "DIPSY, a low-cost GPS application with high accuracy," Proceedings of the 11th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1998), Nashville, TN, September 1998, pp. 557-562.
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