SPECIFICATIONS

Robust Position and Orientation Solutions for Marine Mapping

Applanix Position and Orientation Systems for Marine Vessels sea conditions, during periods of blocked or intermittent GPS, in
(POS MV) are engineered to support water science data collection areas where GPS reception is compromised by multipath effects,
operations, particularly those where accurate, uninterrupted, or at times when position drift must be reduced and faster signal
and robust solutions are needed for direct georeferencing and reacquisition is essential.
mapping. Professionals involved in surf zone and costal area
mapping, harbor lane surveys, environmental assessments, POS MV delivers a full six degree-of-freedom position and
channel inspection and dredging assessment, offshore resource orientation solution measuring location, velocity, attitude, and
exploration, erosion mapping, maritime and coastal waterway heave plus acceleration and angular rate vectors. Applanix
infrastructure inventory mapping depend on POS MV solutions. marine solutions are able to affix position and orientation data
accurately under the most demanding conditions, regardless
Employing state-of-the-art high precision gyros which are tightly of vessel dynamics, 200 times each second, making direct
coupled to supporting GPS, the POS MV provides continuous georeferencing and motion compensation for maritime remote
and accurate position and orientation data logging for vessel and sensing operations a productive and practical option.
sensor guidance. Reliable POS MV output is produced in severe

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY - POS MV Accuracy

POS MV 320 DGPS RTK GPS Outage
Position 0.5 - 2 m1 0.02 - 0.10 m1 <2.5 m for 30 s outages, <6 m for 60 s outages
Roll & Pitch 0.020° 0.010° 0.020°
True Heading 0.020° with 2 m baseline - Drift less than 1° per hour (negligible for outages <60 s)
0.010° with 4 m baseline
Heave 5 cm or 5%2 5 cm or 5%2 5 cm or 5%2

POS MV WaveMaster DGPS RTK GPS Outage

Position 0.5 - 2 m1 0.02 - 0.10 m1 <3 m for 30 s outages, <10 m for 60 s outages
Roll & Pitch 0.030° 0.020° 0.040°
True Heading 0.030° with 2 m baseline - Drift less than 2° per hour
Heave 5 cm or 5%2 5 cm or 5%2 5 cm or 5%2

POS MV Elite DGPS RTK GPS Outage

Position 0.5 - 2 m1 0.02 - 0.10 m1 <1.5 m for 60 s outages DGPS, <0.5 m for 60 s outage RTK
Roll & Pitch 0.005° 0.005° 0.005°
True Heading 0.025° 0.025° Drift less than 0.1° per hour (negligible for outages <60 s)
Heave 3.5 cm or 3.5%2 3.5 cm or 3.5%2 3.5 cm or 3.5%2

AVAILABLE OPTIONS
PCS-80 PCS-76 IMU-36 IMU-37 IMU-33
POS MV 320 X X X
POS MV WaveMaster X X X
POS MV Elite X X

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One Sigma, depending on quality of differential corrections
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Whichever is greater, for periods of 20 seconds or less
SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS
COMPONENT DIMENSIONS WEIGHT TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY POWER
PCS-80 L = 483mm, W = 334mm, H =444mm 3.9 Kg -20 ºC to +70ºC 10 - 80% RH 3 110/230 Vac, 50/60 Hz, auto-switching 40 W

PCS-76 L = 167mm, W = 185mm, H = 68mm 2.5 Kg -20 ºC to +60 ºC 0- 100% RH 24 Vdc, 35 W (peak)

HOUSING AND ADAPTOR PLATES

COMPONENT DIMENSIONS IP RATING
Waterproof Housing L = 209mm, H = 196mm IP68
Adaptor Plate L = 135mm, W = 142mm, H = 19mm IP68

INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT (IMU)

TYPE DIMENSIONS WEIGHT TEMPERATURE ORIGIN
IMU-36 L = 158mm, W = 158mm, H = 124mm 2.5 Kg -40 ºC to +70 ºC US
IMU-37 L = 158mm, W = 158mm, H = 124mm 2.5 Kg -40 ºC to +60 ºC US
IMU-33 L = 229mm, W = 315mm, H = 196mm 3.5 Kg -40 ºC to +60 ºC US

GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS)

COMPONENT DIMENSIONS WEIGHT TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY
GPS Antenna (Diameter) 165mm, W = 76mm 0.64 Kg -40 ºC to +70 ºC 0-100% RH

1. ETHERNET INPUT OUTPUT 5. AUXILIARY GPS INPUTS

Ethernet (10/100/1000 base-T) Parameter NMEA Standard ASCII messages: $GPGGA,
Parameters Time tag, status, position, attitude, heave, $GPGST, $GPGSA, $GPGSV.
velocity, track and speed, dynamics, performance Uses Aux input with best quality.
metrics, raw IMU data, raw GPS data Rate 1 Hz
Display Port Low rate (1 Hz) UDP protocol output
Control Port TCP/IP input for system commands 6. BASE GPS CORRECTION INPUTS
Primary Port Real-time (up to 200 Hz) UDP protocol output Parameter RTCM V2.x, RTCM V3.x, CMR and CMR+ input
Secondary Port Buffered TCP/IP protocol output for data logging formats accepted. Combined with raw GPS
to external device observables in navigation solution.
Rate 1 Hz
2. SERIAL RS232 INPUT OUTPUT
4 COM Ports User assignable to: NMEA output (0-4), Binary 6. DIGITAL I/O
output (0-4), Auxiliary GPS input (0-2), Base GPS 1PPS 1 pulse-per-second Time Sync output, normally
correction input (0-2) high, active low pulse
Event Input (2) Time mark of external events. TTL pulses >
3. NMEA ASCII OUTPUT 1 msec width, rising or falling edge, max rate 200 Hz.
Parameters NMEA Standard ASCII messages:
Position ($INGGA), Heading ($INHDT), Track 7. USER SUPPLIED EQUIPMENT
and Speed ($INVTG), Statistics ($INGST), Attitude - PC for POS Controller (Required for configuration): Pentium 90
($PASHR, $PRDID), Time and Date ($INZDA, processor (minimum), 16 MB RAM, 1 MB free disk space, Ethernet
$UTC). adapter (RJ45 100 base T), Windows 98/2000/NT/XP/Windows 7
Rate Up to 50 Hz (user selectable) - PC for POSPac Post-processing Software: Pentium III 800Mhz or
Configuration Output selections and rate individually equivalent (minimum), 512 MB RAM, 400 MB free disk space, USB
configurable on each assigned com port. Port (For Security Key), Windows XP or Windows 7.

4. HIGH RATE ATTITUDE OUTPUT

Parameters User selectable binary messages: attitude,
heading, speed
Rate Up to 200 Hz (user selectable)
Configuration Output selections and rate individually
configurable on each assigned com port.

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