Analytical Positioning of Aids to Navigation.

Abstract

Sophisticated systems such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Inertial Positioning System (IPS) are not yet economically justified for widespread Coast Guard use in positioning aids to navigation. To improve accuracy and precision in positioning until such systems are justified, alternative procedures have been explored. Accuracy and precision are addressed to create various mathematical, statistical and operational procedures immediately applicable to the Coast Guard. This adventure into marine geodesy can help the Coast Guard employ error minimizing positioning procedures until more precise methods and reliable techniques are available. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107811

Entities

People

  • Miles A. Millbach

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard Research & Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Coast Guard
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Databases
  • Geodesics
  • Geodesy
  • Geometry
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Grids
  • Loran
  • Navigation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surveys

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space