Utilization of low-cost GNSS RTK receiver for accurate GIS mapping in urban environment
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Marek Halaj
Abstract
The main objective of the work was to evaluate positioning performance of low-cost GNSS receiver u-blox ZED-F9P with patch antenna in GIS mapping scenarios. The whole mapping kit consisted of the mentioned receiver, a smartphone and two mobile applications. Thirty testing points with different levels of sky view were temporarily set up in an urban environment. Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) technique was used to estimate their position with the mentioned low-cost receiver and geodetic grade Trimble R10 receiver. Coordinates obtained from two independent measurement campaigns were compared to reference positions computed by rapid static relative technique. Both receivers provided a similar level of positioning correctness except two testing points where the geodetic grade GNSS receiver showed large errors in the first campaign. With an exclusion of these two points, both receivers delivered mean horizontal distances from the reference positions slightly exceeding 0.04 m and standard deviations oscillating around 0.05 m. In case of height estimates, mean differences from the reference values were at the level of 0.02 m for the Trimble R10 receiver and 0.07 m for the u-blox receiver, with standard deviations around 0.08 m reached by both tested devices. Secondly, areas of four polygons in the same urban environment were measured. Relative differences from reference values of areas ranged from 0.01 % to 0.46 %, with the Trimble receiver being slightly better in this task.
Funding source: Faculty of Mining and Geology, VSB – Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic
Award Identifier / Grant number: Grant of SGS No. SP2023/084
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Informed consent: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: Conceptualization, M.H. and M.K.; methodology, M.H. and M.K.; validation, M.H.; formal analysis, M.K.; resources, M.K.; data acquistion, M.H. and M.K.; writing—original draft preparation, M.H. and M.K.; writing—review and editing, M.K.; visualization, M.H.; supervision, M.K. The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.
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Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: Work was supported by Grant of SGS No. SP2023/084 (Utilization of current GNSS devices for localization, navigation and research of transport applications), Faculty of Mining and Geology, VSB - Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.
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- Frontmatter
- Special Issue: Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring 2025
- Impact of mathematical correlations
- Employing variance component estimation for point cloud based geometric surface representation by B-splines
- Deterministic uncertainty for terrestrial laser scanning observations based on intervals
- Investigating the potential of stochastic relationships to model deformations
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- Experiences with techniques and sensors for smartphone positioning
- Original Research Articles
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