Investigating Accuracy of Precise Point Positioning Method in a Micro-Geodetic Network

In this study, the accuracy of Precise Point Positioning (PPP) method was investigated. For this purpose, a micro-geodetic network containing 5 stations was established and 8-hour GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) sessions for three consecutive days were performed. At the same time, the baselines between the stations in this network were measured by Electronic Distance Meter (EDM) and the height differences are measured by the geometric leveling method. The results obtained from classical terrestrial measurements, which are considered to be highly accurate (3 mm in horizontal and few mm invertical), were compared with the results of PPP and the relative GNSS methods. As a result of the comparisons, it was seen that the values obtained from the relative GNSS analysis approximated with the classical method with the levels of 1-6 mm in the horizontal and 10-20 mm in the vertical direction. For the PPP method, it was seen that the same values varied between 1-28 mm in horizontal and 5-8 cm in the vertical component. The standard deviation values of these changes were determined as ± 2.20 mm in horizontal and ± 16.46 mm in vertical for the relative positioning technique and ± 11.43 mm in the horizontal and ± 59.48 mm in vertical component for PPP method