Research Article

Research and Construction of a Global Hexagonal Marine Gravity Gradient Reference Map for Navigation

Table 6

Statistics of the grid matching positioning error.

TrackMatching pointsGridResolutionMaximum (km)Minimum (km)Average (km)Std (km)

1519Hexagon11th level4.55870.29732.01171.2539
Quadrilateral25.45600.25692.37411.5116
Hexagon12th level3.98880.10451.56010.8121
Quadrilateral14.71490.12941.88551.0197
Hexagon13th level2.44340.03450.91360.4129
Quadrilateral303.61270.03111.13820.5297

2505Hexagon11th level4.74540.31281.91201.3632
Quadrilateral25.61100.28122.25751.6521
Hexagon12th level3.81010.14631.55810.9199
Quadrilateral14.35250.21301.90241.1242
Hexagon13th level2.50120.10380.90040.4008
Quadrilateral303.56490.12491.13320.5041