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Old 12th Jan 2012, 16:16
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ross_M
 
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GPS height is, as a rule of thumb, up to three times less accurate than GPS horizontal position. The GPS horizontal position is typically less then 10 meters off, vertically it's typically accurate to about 30 meters or 100 ft.
Why is this so, any idea? If you see the mathematical equations and error sources for GPS they seem x,y,z agnostic. Wondering why z errors are high.
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