NavCom SF-2040 Rev.C - Manual (Page 121)

LAND-PAK™ User Guide – Rev. C
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The Quality tab provides (see Figure 81):
• Status:
• Autonomous: No radio communication
between base and rover. Accuracy <10 feet
usually.
Float: Communication has been established,
but ambiguities
•
have not been resolved.
• Fixed: Position has been resolved. Accur
at the centimeter level, more or less.
Satellites: The number of satellites in radio
acy
•
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• The
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sol
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sition
(PD me
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communication.
MS (Horizontal Root Mean Square) and VRMS
rtical Root
• H
(V Mean Square): Indications of the
precision, not the accuracy, of the solution.
Dilution of Precision (DOP) indicates th
metry of the satellites with respect to th
ution for the Horizontal Position (HDOP),
tical Position (VDOP), 3 Dimensional Po
OP), Time (TDOP), and Position and Ti
DOP). Generally, a PDOP of 5 or less is
ferred. A minimum of 5 satellites are r
btain a moving RTK solution an
pr equire
to d a minimum
of 4 are required to maintain the solution with an
acceptable PDOP.