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Analysis of GPS visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over different latitudinal regions

GPS is the only fully-operational GNSS currently available to all-inclusive users at no direct charge. Given that users obtain their positions by receiving radiowave signals transmitted from its continuously orbiting satellites, proper functioning of a GPS receiver requires uninterrupted signal rece...

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Main Authors: Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz, Kamaruddin, Md. Nor
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2008
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7722/1/ISG2008-1.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7722/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228400966_Analysis_of_GPS_Visibility_and_Satellite-Receiver_Geometry_over_Different_Latitudinal_Regions
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spelling my.utm.77222017-08-16T07:10:43Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7722/ Analysis of GPS visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over different latitudinal regions Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz Kamaruddin, Md. Nor TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) GPS is the only fully-operational GNSS currently available to all-inclusive users at no direct charge. Given that users obtain their positions by receiving radiowave signals transmitted from its continuously orbiting satellites, proper functioning of a GPS receiver requires uninterrupted signal reception from at least four orbiting satellites with good satellite-receiver geometry. This paper investigates the variation of satellite visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over three latitudinal regions. To signify the corresponding high latitude region, mid latitude region and equatorial region, three reference stations namely IRKT, XIAN and NTUS were selected. Based on series of satellite almanac data, it is suggested that local sky coverage varies as a function of the tracking station latitude. Throughout the observation period, it is noted that equatorial region provides the most number of satellites in comparison to the mid latitude and the high latitude region. As far as satellitereceiver geometry is concern, equatorial region tends to produce the best DOP hence more likely to produce better result in GPS positioning in comparison to the other regions. As the satellite-receiver geometry changes with time due to the relative motion of the orbiting satellites, it is suggested that DOP value is inversely proportional to the number of observed satellites. It is detected that DOP value also increases with increases in the elevation angle. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7722/1/ISG2008-1.pdf Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz and Kamaruddin, Md. Nor (2008) Analysis of GPS visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over different latitudinal regions. In: International Symposium on Geoinformation (ISG 2008), 13-15 Oct 2008, Putra World Trade Centre(PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228400966_Analysis_of_GPS_Visibility_and_Satellite-Receiver_Geometry_over_Different_Latitudinal_Regions
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz
Kamaruddin, Md. Nor
Analysis of GPS visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over different latitudinal regions
description GPS is the only fully-operational GNSS currently available to all-inclusive users at no direct charge. Given that users obtain their positions by receiving radiowave signals transmitted from its continuously orbiting satellites, proper functioning of a GPS receiver requires uninterrupted signal reception from at least four orbiting satellites with good satellite-receiver geometry. This paper investigates the variation of satellite visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over three latitudinal regions. To signify the corresponding high latitude region, mid latitude region and equatorial region, three reference stations namely IRKT, XIAN and NTUS were selected. Based on series of satellite almanac data, it is suggested that local sky coverage varies as a function of the tracking station latitude. Throughout the observation period, it is noted that equatorial region provides the most number of satellites in comparison to the mid latitude and the high latitude region. As far as satellitereceiver geometry is concern, equatorial region tends to produce the best DOP hence more likely to produce better result in GPS positioning in comparison to the other regions. As the satellite-receiver geometry changes with time due to the relative motion of the orbiting satellites, it is suggested that DOP value is inversely proportional to the number of observed satellites. It is detected that DOP value also increases with increases in the elevation angle.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz
Kamaruddin, Md. Nor
author_facet Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz
Kamaruddin, Md. Nor
author_sort Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz
title Analysis of GPS visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over different latitudinal regions
title_short Analysis of GPS visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over different latitudinal regions
title_full Analysis of GPS visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over different latitudinal regions
title_fullStr Analysis of GPS visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over different latitudinal regions
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of GPS visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over different latitudinal regions
title_sort analysis of gps visibility and satellite-receiver geometry over different latitudinal regions
publishDate 2008
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7722/1/ISG2008-1.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7722/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228400966_Analysis_of_GPS_Visibility_and_Satellite-Receiver_Geometry_over_Different_Latitudinal_Regions
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