METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING GPS SURVEYING FIELD WORK PLANNING USING 3D TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMAITON AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING 3D TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

• US 20100201568A1
• Filed: 09/02/2009
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Han, Jen-Yu, Lee, Po-Han
• Application Number:
  US12/552,859
• Publication Number:
  US 20100201568A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.310
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/28 Satellite selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models

Abstract

A method for implementing GPS surveying field work planning by using three dimensional topographic information is provided, comprising the steps of: obtaining three dimensional topographic information according to the location of a GPS receiver; obtaining maximum topographic elevation angle information from the GPS receiver to the terrain for each azimuth using the three dimension topographic information; obtaining elevation angle of satellites from the GPS receiver according to the satellite ephemeris or almanac; determining whether observation is usable according to the maximum topographic elevation angle information along the satellite bearings, and the elevation angle of satellites; and estimating the positioning accuracy according to the usable satellite observations.

Claims

1. A method for implementing GPS surveying field work planning by using three dimensional topographic information, comprising:

obtaining three dimensional topographic information according to the location of a GPS receiver;

obtaining maximum topographic elevation angle information from the GPS receiver to terrain for each azimuth using the three dimensional topographic information;

obtaining elevation angle information from the GPS receiver to satellites along the satellite bearings according to the satellite ephemeris or almanac;

determining whether observation is visible according to the maximum topographic elevation angle information along the satellite bearings, and the elevation angle information from the GPS receiver to the satellites; and

estimating the positioning accuracy using the usable satellite observations.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determining whether observation information is usable comprises:

comparing a maximum topographic elevation angle and an elevation angle of a satellite, and when the elevation angle is larger than the maximum topographic elevation angle, the observation is determined to be usable.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein obtaining the maximum topographic elevation angle information comprises:

analyzing the three dimensional information to obtain topographic heights; and

obtaining the maximum topographic elevation angles according to the topographic heights.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein analyzing the three dimensional information comprises:

sampling the three dimensional topographic information with different grid sizes to obtain the topographic heights of the sampling points.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein analyzing the three dimensional information further comprises:

determining a area to limit a sampling range according to the location of the GPS receiver.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein obtaining the maximum topographic elevation angles comprises:

obtaining the topographic elevation angles according to the height of the location and the heights of the sampling points; and

obtaining the maximum values according to these topographic elevation angles.

7. A method for analyzing 3D topographic information, comprising:

obtaining topographic information;

determining a location and a analysis area;

obtaining topographic heights in the area with different grid sizes according to the topographic information, wherein the grid sizes are proportional to the distance between the location and the sampling points; and

obtaining maximum topographic elevation angle information according to the topographic heights and the height of the location.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the grid sizes are sharply reduced when the slope between the topographic heights on two sampling points is increased.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the grid sizes are sharply enlarged when the angle between the location and the topographic height on a sampling point is increased.