White Papers

This paper explores how Swift's end-to-end integrity system allows automotive and other safety-critical applications to trust the GNSS position and understand the bounds of the position error for that trust. 

This paper demonstrates how the implementation of support for wide-lane ambiguity resolution in low cost, dual-band GNSS receivers can enable seamless, high-accuracy applications at a continental scale. 

This e-book explores the five ways autonomous mower manufacturers can improve mower performance, accuracy and efficiency using Swift Navigation's precise positioning solution.

This e-book explores the five ways shippers, fleets and OEMs can safeguard fleets and protect assets with Swift Navigation's precise positioning solution.

This e-book explores the five ways operators can automate equipment and improve efficiency using Swift Navigation's precise positioning solution. 

This e-book explores the five ways operators can automate equipment and improve efficiency using Swift Navigation's precise positioning solution. 

This white paper outlines the integrity concept and parameters employed by Swift’s precise positioning solution and defines a set of metrics and criteria from which safe operating conditions can be derived.

This dataset showcases the results of Swift’s first-of-its-kind, cross-continental drive measuring the performance of Skylark and encapsulates the background, set-up, results and data from this extraordinary drive test.

This e-book explores the five ways precise positioning is uniquely set up to benefit rail applications and the role Swift’s technology plays in delivering accurate localization for rail applications.

This e-book explores the five ways precise positioning is uniquely set up to benefit last-mile delivery and the role Swift’s technology plays in optimizing existing fleets.

This e-book explores the five ways precise positioning is uniquely set up to benefit autonomous vehicles and the role Swift’s production solution plays in that success.

This white paper serves as a practical guide to the background, requirements and processes needed to temporally and spatially align geodetic reference frames. Emphasis is given to describe fundamental technical issues in succinct terms.

This white paper reviews recent developments in modern GNSS and the impact these developments have on autonomous driving architectures, particularly Level 2 and Level 4 systems.

This white paper demonstrates the true breadth of the Swift Navigation precise positioning solution by featuring the results of a test drive that extended along the coast of the Western United States.

This white paper discusses how the autonomous future requires highly-accurate sensors for precision navigation and the role GNSS plays in delivering high-precision localization within the autonomous sensor suite.

This white paper presents the results of vibration testing on Swift Navigation receivers and demonstrates their ability to withstand disruptions and deliver continued, accurate results under heavy vibration conditions.

Download a real dataset comparing the centimeter-accurate performance of the multi-band, multi-constellation Piksi^® Multi RTK GNSS receiver to a leading GNSS receiver that costs ten times as much.

This white paper provides an examination of moving baseline RTK (Real-Time Kinematics), RTK-based heading technology and how RTK-based solutions support autonomous vehicle sensor edge cases.

This white paper presents the tradeoffs of varying sensor packages and demonstrates that precise Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), coupled with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), provides the localization cornerstone for these systems.

This white paper evaluates the performance of Swift Navigation’s advanced automotive positioning solution and the role Global Navigation Satellite Systems play in providing absolute position, velocity and time in the automotive sensor suite.