Long term repeatability of determined position in GNSS navigation system

A moveable object, comprising:

• one or more hardware processors;
• at least one receiver for receiving satellite navigation signals from a plurality of satellites, and satellite orbit correction information and satellite clock correction information;
• memory storing one or more programs, and further storing a database have pre-computed tectonic terrestrial plate position information for each cell of a predefined set of geographical cells, which collectively correspond to a geographic area that includes a plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates, each cell of the predefined set of geographical cells corresponding to a geographic region;
• and
• a housing that encloses at least the one or more hardware processors and memory;
• wherein, the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the moveable object to:
• receive satellite navigation signals from a plurality of satellites;
• receive satellite orbit correction information and satellite clock correction information for the plurality of satellites;
• determine a preliminary position of the moveable object, using the received satellite navigation signals and the received satellite orbit correction information and satellite clock correction information for the plurality of satellites;
• in accordance with the determined preliminary position, identify a cell of the predefined set of geographical cells, the identified cell corresponding to a geographic region that includes the determined preliminary position, wherein the identified cell is identified by applying a predefined mathematical function to the determined preliminary position of the moveable object, and the predefined set of geographical cells includes more single-plate cells, which each correspond to a geographic region that falls within a single respective tectonic terrestrial plate of the plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates, than multi-plate cells, which each correspond to a geographic region having two or more sub-regions that fall within distinct tectonic terrestrial plates of the plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates;
• obtain, from the database, pre-computed tectonic terrestrial plate position information for the identified cell;
• based on the obtained pre-computed tectonic terrestrial plate position information for the identified cell, identify a tectonic terrestrial plate, of the plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates, corresponding to the determined preliminary position of the moveable object;
• based on the identified tectonic terrestrial plate, determine a position correction, the position correction corresponding to the identified tectonic terrestrial plate and a reference epoch;
• and
• generate a corrected position of the moveable object in accordance with the determined preliminary position of the moveable object and the determined position correction.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by a moveable object, the moveable object including:

• one or more hardware processors;
• at least one receiver for receiving satellite navigation signals from a plurality of satellites, and satellite orbit correction information and satellite clock correction information;
• memory storing a database have pre-computed tectonic terrestrial plate position information for each cell of a predefined set of geographical cells, which collectively correspond to a geographic area that includes a plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates, each cell of the predefined set of geographical cells corresponding to a geographic region;
• and a housing that encloses at least the one or more hardware processors and memory;
• the one or more programs including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors of the moveable object cause the moveable object to:
• determine a preliminary position of the moveable object, using satellite navigation signals received from a plurality of satellites and satellite orbit correction information and satellite clock correction information for the plurality of satellites;
• in accordance with the determined preliminary position, identify a cell of a predefined set of geographical cells, which collectively correspond to a geographic area that includes a plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates, the identified cell corresponding to a geographic region that includes the determined preliminary position of the moveable object, wherein the identified cell is identified by applying a predefined mathematical function to the determined preliminary position, and the predefined set of geographical cells includes more single-plate cells, which each correspond to a geographic region that falls within a single respective tectonic terrestrial plate of the plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates, than multi-plate cells, which each correspond to a geographic region having two or more sub-regions that fall within distinct tectonic terrestrial plates of the plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates;
• obtain, from the database, pre-computed tectonic terrestrial plate position information for the identified cell;
• based on the obtained pre-computed tectonic terrestrial plate position information for the identified cell, identify a tectonic terrestrial plate, of the plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates, corresponding to the determined preliminary position of the moveable object;
• based on the identified tectonic terrestrial plate, determine a position correction, the position correction corresponding to the identified tectonic terrestrial plate and a reference epoch;
• and
• generate a corrected position of the moveable object in accordance with the determined preliminary position of the moveable object and the determined position correction.

A moveable object, comprising:

• one or more hardware processors;
• at least one receiver for receiving satellite navigation signals and satellite orbit correction information and satellite clock correction information from a plurality of satellites;
• memory storing one or more programs;
• and
• a housing that encloses at least the one or more hardware processors and memory;
• wherein, the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors of the moveable object, cause the moveable object to:
• determine a preliminary position of the moveable object, using satellite navigation signals and satellite orbit correction information and satellite clock correction information for the plurality of satellites received by the at least one receiver;
• in accordance with the determined preliminary position, identify a cell of a predefined set of geographical cells, which collectively correspond to a geographic area that includes a plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates, the identified cell corresponding to a geographic region that includes the determined preliminary position, wherein the identified cell is identified by applying a predefined mathematical function to the determined preliminary position, and the predefined set of geographical cells includes more single-plate cells, which each correspond to a geographic region that falls within a single respective tectonic terrestrial plate of the plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates, than multi-plate cells, which each correspond to a geographic region having two or more sub-regions that fall within distinct tectonic terrestrial plates of the plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates;
• obtain, from a database, pre-computed tectonic terrestrial plate position information for the identified cell, the database including tectonic plate information for each cell of the predefined set of geographical cells;
• based on the obtained pre-computed tectonic terrestrial plate position information for the identified cell, identify a tectonic terrestrial plate, of the plurality of tectonic terrestrial plates, corresponding to the determined preliminary position of the moveable object;
• based on the identified tectonic terrestrial plate, determine a position correction, the position correction corresponding to the identified tectonic terrestrial plate and a reference epoch;
• and
• generate a corrected position of the moveable object in accordance with the determined preliminary position of the moveable object and the determined position correction.