Systems and methods of correlating satellite position data with terrestrial features

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by at least one computer processor cause the processor to:

• use a geometric snapping algorithm to correlate satellite position data and terrestrial survey data and snap the satellite position data to terrestrial features;
• determine whether the satellite position data can be snapped to unique terrestrial features;
• and
• use a hybrid space-time snapping algorithm to correlate the satellite position data and the terrestrial survey data and snap the satellite position data to the unique terrestrial features when the satellite position data cannot be snapped to the unique terrestrial features.

A position correlation system, comprising:

• a computer processor;
• a terrestrial survey database operatively associated with said computer processor, said terrestrial survey database comprising terrestrial survey data associated with terrestrial features in a defined operations area;
• a satellite position database operatively associated with said computer processor, said satellite position database comprising satellite position data associated with movement of at least one object within the defined operations area;
• a user interface operatively associated with said computer processor, said user interface allowing a user to interface with said computer processor;
• a geometric snapping algorithm operatively associated with said computer processor, said geometric snapping algorithm correlating the satellite position data and the terrestrial survey data and snapping the satellite position data to the terrestrial features;
• and
• a hybrid space-time snapping algorithm operatively associated with said computer processor, said hybrid space-time snapping algorithm correlating the satellite position data and the terrestrial survey data and snapping the satellite position data to unique terrestrial features, said computer processor utilizing said geometric snapping algorithm and said hybrid space-time snapping algorithm to correlate the satellite position data and the terrestrial survey data, said computer processor further utilizing said hybrid space-time snapping algorithm when the satellite position data cannot otherwise be snapped to the unique terrestrial features, said computer processor producing output data relating to the snapped satellite position data and transferring the output data to the user interface.