| Literature DB >> 11980177 |
Christophe Adrados1, Irène Girard, Jean-Paul Gendner, Georges Janeau.
Abstract
Global Positioning System (GPS) is an important new technology for spatio-temporal behaviour studies of animals. Differential correction improves location accuracy. Previously, it mostly removed partially the influence of Selective Availability (SA). SA was deactivated in May 2000. The aim of this study was to quantify the influence of SA cancellation on location accuracy of various GPS receivers. We tested the accuracy of locations obtained from non-differential and differential GPS animal collars before and after SA removal. We found a significant improvement in accuracy for both types of GPS collars. However, differential GPS still provides more accurate locations.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11980177 DOI: 10.1016/s1631-0691(02)01414-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: C R Biol ISSN: 1631-0691 Impact factor: 1.583