Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51701#.VHVkV2fHRK0 Author(s) Rock Santerre 1 , Lin Pan 2 , Changsheng Cai 2 , Jianjun Zhu 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Geomatic Sciences, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada . 2 School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha, China . ABSTRACT This paper introduces the Chinese BeiDou satellite system and its comparison with the actual completed American GPS and the Russian GLONASS systems. The actual BeiDou system consists of 14 satellites covering totally the Asia-Pacific area. A Single Point Positioning (SPP) test has been realised in Changsha, Hunan province, China, to show the advantage of u...
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