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Increase GPS random walk to better reflect reality

Open klaxalk opened this issue 3 years ago • 5 comments

klaxalk avatar May 11 '21 08:05 klaxalk

How much do you want to change it? These are the values which are there now

          <plugin name='gps_plugin' filename='libgazebo_gps_plugin.so'>
            <robotNamespace/>
            <gpsNoise>1</gpsNoise>
            <gpsXYRandomWalk>2.0</gpsXYRandomWalk>
            <gpsZRandomWalk>4.0</gpsZRandomWalk>
            <gpsXYNoiseDensity>0.0002</gpsXYNoiseDensity>
            <gpsZNoiseDensity>0.0004</gpsZNoiseDensity>
            <gpsVXYNoiseDensity>0.2</gpsVXYNoiseDensity>
            <gpsVZNoiseDensity>0.4</gpsVZNoiseDensity>
          </plugin>

spurnvoj avatar May 17 '21 10:05 spurnvoj

Datasheet for Neo-M8N chip used in most of the pixhawk GPS receivers says that the horizontal precision is 2.5 m (GPS+GLONASS). So I can update it to this value. Is it enough?

spurnvoj avatar May 17 '21 12:05 spurnvoj

I think 2.5 m is the "optimistic" value. Now the question is, wherher we should not simulate with more pessimistic values, to prevent any surprises in the real world.

klaxalk avatar Oct 08 '21 14:10 klaxalk

Is this is valid? Should I change the GPS horizontal precision to 2.5m?

spurnvoj avatar Jan 20 '23 13:01 spurnvoj

Ye, I still think the normal GPS random walk should be more visible.

klaxalk avatar Jan 23 '23 11:01 klaxalk