The Use of a GPS Test Network for Real Time Application in Italy: First Results Based on Regional Field Test

M. Barbarella, S. Gandolfi, E. Ronci

Abstract:	During the last few years many GNSS permanent network were established around the world for real time precise positioning especially for technical application that requires for few centimetre level accuracy at the latest. Also in Italy many countries are moving to setup these networks and in the Emilia Romagna Region, located in the North-East part of Italy, the Engineering Department of the University of Bologna have established a test network in order to evaluate performance and problematic aspect concerning these systems in Italy. This work deals about results coming from several tests on known points of the Forlì-Cesena GPS7 densification network. The acquired data has been analyzed in order to check not only the operability but also the internal (scattering of solutions) and external accuracy (comparison between solutions obtained in Real time and in static mode). The dataset at the end of these experiments was derived by three positioning for each point and for each session, and three sessions performed in summer time autumn and winter time. The obtained results are mainly in accord with the literatures with some exceptions, precision, in NRTK positioning, is guaranteed only if all the components (geodetic segment and communication channel) involved in the Real Time process are correctly working.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2006) September 26 - 29, 2006 Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth, TX
Pages:	1226 - 1232
Cite this article:	Barbarella, M., Gandolfi, S., Ronci, E., "The Use of a GPS Test Network for Real Time Application in Italy: First Results Based on Regional Field Test," Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2006), Fort Worth, TX, September 2006, pp. 1226-1232.
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