International Journal of Navigation and Observation
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 813821, 15 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/813821
Research Article

GPS/Reduced IMU with a Local Terrain Predictor in Land Vehicle Navigation

Debo Sun, Mark G. Petovello, and M. Elizabeth Cannon

Position, Location And Navigation (PLAN) Group, Department of Geomatics Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada

Received 18 June 2008; Accepted 3 September 2008

Academic Editor: Paul Cross

Copyright © 2008 Debo Sun et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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