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. 2008 Dec 8;8(12):7973–7981. doi: 10.3390/s8127973

Table 1.

Error vector magnitudes by world region, and globally. ‘Other developed countries’ refers to the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.

Root Mean Sq. Error (RMSE) (meters) Mean Error (meters) Standard Deviation (σ) (meters) Range (meters) Control Points (N) Sample Cities

Other Developed Countries 22.6 19.0 12.3 (0.9 - 53.0) 64 16
Europe 25.7 23.1 11.4 (1.6 - 46.0) 60 15
Latin America and Caribbean 41.4 30.9 27.9 (0.4 – 111.7) 54 14
Western and South Central Asia 42.3 31.5 28.5 (1.4 – 115.0) 78 19
Southeast and East Asia 45.9 32.7 32.4 (1.0 – 171.6) 108 27
Africa 46.2 35.7 29.6 (2.7 – 160.9) 72 18

total 39.7 29.4 26.6 (0.4171.6) 436 109