International Journal of Navigation and Observation
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 765010, 18 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/765010
Research Article
Experimental Results on an Integrated GPS and Multisensor System for Land Vehicle Positioning
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON, K7K 7B4, Canada
Received 7 October 2008; Revised 7 January 2009; Accepted 22 February 2009
Academic Editor: Abbas Mohammed
Copyright © 2009 Umar Iqbal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the
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