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. 2008 Nov 25;7:59. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-59

Table 3.

Resolution estimates of four GPS instruments derived from four transportation modes in three built environment types

Walking Tests
Fraction of points within each buffer (%)
Mixed Density Open Sky Urban Canyon

GPS ID N Sats HDOP PDOP N ± 5 m ± 3.5 m ± 2 m N ± 5 m ± 3.5 m ± 2 m N ± 5 m ± 3.5 m ± 2 m
6 824 8.9 1.47 3.08 419 91.4 78.5 53.0 189 100.0 98.9 85.7 216 71.3 64.8 52.8
14 821 8.6 1.96 2.70 412 52.4 40.8 27.4 203 95.1 82.8 53.2 206 43.2 35.9 20.9
15 702 9.9 1.43 2.87 355 84.5 73.0 53.8 167 98.8 97.6 87.4 180 62.2 56.1 43.3
23 826 9.1 1.51 3.02 418 87.1 80.1 61.5 189 98.9 94.2 81.0 219 61.2 56.6 41.1

Mean 800 9.2 1.68 2.88 403 74.5 63.2 44.5 190 96.9 90.8 72.0 206 57.0 49.2 35.0

Bicycle Tests
6 294 8.7 1.58 2.61 140 90.0 74.3 47.9 81 100.0 97.5 76.5 73 50.7 34.2 16.4
14 297 9.1 1.52 2.49 141 73.8 58.2 38.3 80 98.8 97.5 87.5 76 53.9 43.4 30.3
15 296 8.2 1.61 2.66 135 78.5 65.9 41.5 81 98.8 91.4 64.2 76 60.5 42.1 25.0
23 293 8.4 1.55 2.53 139 82.0 61.2 38.1 82 98.8 90.2 70.7 72 50.0 41.6 20.8

Mean 295 8.6 1.57 2.57 138 81.0 64.9 41.4 81 99.1 94.1 74.7 74 53.7 40.3 23.1

Automobile Tests
6 454 10.1 1.28 2.69 296 94.3 87.5 69.6 63 92.1 76.2 49.2 95 83.2 69.5 60.0
14 454 9.9 1.27 2.65 296 94.9 83.1 63.9 63 92.1 82.5 55.6 95 84.2 72.6 53.7
15 452 10.1 1.25 2.56 294 78.6 70.1 51.7 63 92.1 82.5 61.9 95 77.9 75.8 58.9
23 454 10.1 1.25 2.59 296 88.2 80.1 56.4 63 92.1 81.0 57.1 95 85.3 74.7 54.7

Mean 454 10.0 1.26 2.62 295 89.0 80.2 60.4 63 92.1 80.5 55.9 95 82.6 73.1 56.8

Transit Bus Tests
6 1076 9.7 1.45 2.46 827 72.8 58.4 37.2 249 73.1 57.0 36.1
14 885 8.8 1.52 2.57 618 60.0 43.9 23.3 267 64.4 50.2 27.3
15 767 7.5 1.31 2.16 552 69.4 55.1 36.2 215 61.9 47.4 31.2
23 929 7.2 1.34 2.24 725 70.5 55.3 37.2 204 62.3 44.6 27.0

Mean 918 8.3 1.41 2.37 680 65.0 50.3 31.6 237 60.2 45.8 28.1