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Detecting location of AUV with high accuracy and precision

Posted by Ken Mankoff on December 2, 2012 at 10:31am

Hi,

I'd like to be able to detect the location of a quad-copter with a high degree of accuracy and precision. "High" in this context means m-scale, maybe even better if possible. Budget up to 10k if necessary. Is there a technology that can do this? I know DGPS + IMU gives some estimate, but the errors grow from the IMU over time. Is there some radio echo-location technology that might do this well and cheaply? Any other ideas?

Thanks for considering,

   -k.

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  • MikeInFrance December 2, 2012 at 2:22pm

    Have you investigated RTK with coors network (in USA) or else RTK with base station? Best resolution (sub inch range)

    Some receivers are already on ebay or other classifieds.

    • Mike Trieu > MikeInFrance February 17, 2014 at 5:35pm

      Just for future reference, the California Real Time Network (CRTN) offers public single-port access to their statewide RTK reference stations for free. You just have to ask for an account from the director =)

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