The Leica (formerly Magnavox) Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) is a two-receiver GPS system which permits the collection of highly accurate positions of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aircraft. While the William J. Hughes Technical Center has excellent aircraft tracking assets at its Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) location, obtaining tracking services at other locations has proven costly and problematic. This report details the results of flight testing performed at the William J. Hughes Technical Center to demonstrate that the Leica DGPS provides a flexible and reasonably accurate replacement for other forms of aircraft tracking. Aircraft equipped with the Leica DPGS system flew a series of approaches to ACY and data collected from the Leica DGPS system was compared to a highly accurate GTE Precision Automated Tracking System (PATS) Laser Tracker. The Leica DPGS system was found accurate to better than 13 feet.


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    Title :

    Use of Leica Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) as an Aircraft Precision Tracker


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    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







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