American Journal of Geographic Information System
p-ISSN: 2163-1131 e-ISSN: 2163-114X
2019; 8(5): 199-205
doi:10.5923/j.ajgis.20190805.01
Ahmed S. Mohamed1, Mohamed I. Doma2, Mostafa M. Rabah3
1Higher Technological Institute 10th of Ramadan City, 10th of Ramadan City, Egypt
2Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Egypt
3Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Egypt
Correspondence to: Ahmed S. Mohamed, Higher Technological Institute 10th of Ramadan City, 10th of Ramadan City, Egypt.
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Global Positioning System (GPS) results are suffering from one of the major errors in high precision GPS positioning, the ones caused by reflections, known as Multipath error. Here, we study some of the multipath factors affecting on the accuracy observables obtained from GPS measurements. This will be achieved through monitoring and record the multipath effect according to different types of surface which reflected the signals specific set of generating and monitoring systems for multipath signal is established and a series of controlled experiments are carried out. Experimental results show that Aluminium caused the highest amount of multipath. This is followed by Glass and Wood.
Keywords: GPS, Multipath, Material type Effect
Cite this paper: Ahmed S. Mohamed, Mohamed I. Doma, Mostafa M. Rabah, Study the Effect of Surrounding Surface Material Types on the Multipath of GPS Signal and Its Impact on the Accuracy of Positioning Determination, American Journal of Geographic Information System, Vol. 8 No. 5, 2019, pp. 199-205. doi: 10.5923/j.ajgis.20190805.01.
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Figure 1. Multipath: geometry of a signal, a reflector and a receiver antenna |
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Figure 2. The experiment area and the locations of reference (stationary) and the test (rover) receivers |
Figure 3. Vertical reflecting panel (1mX1m). away 1m from the receiver(Rover) |
Figure 4. Changes in Directions, a) Changing in East, b) Changing in North, c) Changing in Height |
Table 1. Difference results in East, North, Height Directions (unit: cm) |