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Menghan Xi¹, Lin Wu², Qianqian Li²

¹State Key Laboratory of Precision Geodesy, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430077, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Chongqing Vocational Institute of Engineering, Chongqing 402260, China.

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Summary

A new method for gravity matching aided navigation uses a composite features database (TS-RFD) to improve positioning accuracy and stability. This approach enhances navigation systems compared to traditional methods using only gravity anomaly values.

Keywords:

Gravity matching aided navigation Measured data experiment Reference composite features database Texture features Track segmentation search strategy

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Area of Science:

Geophysics
Navigation Systems
Data Science

Background:

Gravity matching aided navigation relies heavily on reference databases for accurate positioning.
Traditional databases often use only gravity anomaly values, limiting performance.
Matching algorithm design is closely tied to database structure and content.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel reference composite features database construction method based on track segmentation (TS-RFD).
To enhance the efficiency, accuracy, and stability of gravity matching aided navigation systems.
To validate the TS-RFD method's performance against traditional databases.

Main Methods:

Extracting texture features from gravity reference data.
Establishing a reference composite features database using 8 kinds of features (e.g., index and matching features).
Implementing a track segmentation search strategy using key-value pairs for matching.

Main Results:

The TS-RFD method significantly improves matching accuracy and stability compared to traditional numerical databases.
Simulation experiments in the South China Sea showed distinct improvements in accuracy and stability.
Real-world data tests demonstrated an average positioning accuracy of 1.19 nautical miles with TS-RFD, versus 1.45 nautical miles for traditional methods.

Conclusions:

The TS-RFD method offers a superior approach to constructing gravity reference databases for navigation.
Composite features derived from gravity distribution and changes enhance navigation system performance.
The proposed method provides robust stability and higher success rates in positioning.