Table 3 Median and frequency percentiles for location errors for a given number of satellites in a stationary test in varying vegetation and topographic conditions
From: Moving wildlife tracking forward under forested conditions with the SWIFT GPS algorithm
Satellites | n | Proportion | 50% (x̃LE) | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 59 | 15.0% | 38.5 | 204 | 2739 |
4 | 86 | 21.8% | 18.2 | 38.1 | 251 |
5 | 85 | 21.6% | 9.4 | 20.5 | 75.3 |
6 | 87 | 22.1% | 6.9 | 10.8 | 23.7 |
7 | 62 | 15.7% | 4.0 | 7.2 | 14.6 |
8 | 15 | 3.8% | 3.3 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
All | 394 | 100% | 8.65 | 21.6 | 271 |