• Login
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Conference Proceedings
    • International Telemetering Conference
    • International Telemetering Conference Proceedings, Volume 34 (1998)
    • View Item
    •   Home
    • Conference Proceedings
    • International Telemetering Conference
    • International Telemetering Conference Proceedings, Volume 34 (1998)
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of UA Campus RepositoryCommunitiesTitleAuthorsIssue DateSubmit DateSubjectsPublisherJournalThis CollectionTitleAuthorsIssue DateSubmit DateSubjectsPublisherJournal

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    About

    AboutUA Faculty PublicationsUA DissertationsUA Master's ThesesUA Honors ThesesUA PressUA YearbooksUA CatalogsUA Libraries

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    SELF-ORIENTING AND LOCATING UNIT

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Thumbnail
    Name:
    ITC_1998_98-03-1.pdf
    Size:
    27.71Kb
    Format:
    PDF
    Download
    Author
    Briggs, James R.
    Youssef, Ahmed H.
    Affiliation
    Edwards Air Force Base
    Issue Date
    1998-10
    Keywords
    True north offset
    self-orienting
    inexpensive stand-alone unit
    GPS
    telemetry
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Rights
    Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering
    Collection Information
    Proceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit http://www.telemetry.org/index.php/contact-us if you have questions about items in this collection.
    Publisher
    International Foundation for Telemetering
    Journal
    International Telemetering Conference Proceedings
    Abstract
    Optical trackers are often used at the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) and at other Department of Defense (DoD) ranges to collect video and trajectory data for real-time display and postflight processing. When optical trackers are used in remote areas, pointing data from radar is utilized to enable the trackers to initially acquire targets. To enable the trackers to use radar-pointing data, offsets to true north must first be known. This offset is taken into account given the current position of the optical tracker. During postflight processing, when determining the trajectory of the target, the offsets are also taken into account to produce an accurate trajectory solution. Current methods of determining offsets to true north are time consuming and involve a lot of guesswork. Typically, a map and a known landmark are used to determine the offsets to true north. Another method is to look for the North Star (Polaris) and input an estimated offset. This paper will describe an inexpensive, stand-alone system that utilizes the Global Positioning System (GPS) to determine these offsets. This device may be modified and integrated with other systems that may need to point accurately. For example, a gun barrel on a tank may need to point accurately to within a degree. This device may also be used to accurately position telemetry antennas.
    Sponsors
    International Foundation for Telemetering
    ISSN
    0884-5123
    0074-9079
    Additional Links
    http://www.telemetry.org/
    Collections
    International Telemetering Conference Proceedings, Volume 34 (1998)

    entitlement

     
    The University of Arizona Libraries | 1510 E. University Blvd. | Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
    Tel 520-621-6442 | repository@u.library.arizona.edu
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2017  DuraSpace
    Quick Guide | Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.