Runway incursion detection

An airport object location system that comprises:

• a number of vehicle location units connected to vehicles, wherein each of the vehicles is configured to perform a different operation from a remainder of the vehicles and the number of vehicle location units are configured to generate:
• vehicle location information for the vehicles in an area including an operations surface at an airport;
• and
• vehicle timestamps for the vehicle location information, wherein each vehicle location unit, respectively, comprises:
• an antenna system that comprises:
• a first global positioning satellite antenna affixed at a first end of a first rail;
• a second global positioning satellite antenna affixed at a first end of a second rail;
• and
• an inertial measurement unit configured to receive and retain a second end of the first rail and to receive and retain a second end of the second rail;
• mounts configured to temporarily suctorially or magnetically connect the first rail and the second rail to a vehicle and to be removed for reuse on other of the vehicles, wherein the antenna system and the mounts when connected together and mounted on a surface of any of the vehicles extend 8 inches or less from the surface of any of the vehicles;
• a receiver that comprises:
• a network time protocol network time server;
• a global navigation satellite system;
• a gateway configured to transmit location information;
• and
• a case that is manually portable, configured to retain all components of a vehicle location unit of the vehicle location units, and comprises an electrical panel that faces an outside of the case on a side of the case and is configured to connect electrically to:
• the first global positioning satellite antenna;
• the second global positioning satellite antenna;
• the inertial measurement unit;
• an antenna of the network time protocol network time server;
• a battery;
• a universal serial bus port;
• and
• a display unit port.

A method for detecting an object at an airport, the method comprising:

• generating, using a number of vehicle location units connected to vehicles wherein each of the vehicles is configured to perform a different operation from a remainder of the vehicles that comprise different sizes, vehicle location information for the vehicles in an area, including an operations surface at an airport, and vehicle timestamps for locations of the vehicles, wherein each vehicle location unit in the vehicle location units, respectively comprises:
• an antenna system that comprises:
• a first global positioning satellite antenna affixed at a first end of a first rail;
• a second global positioning satellite antenna affixed at a first end of a second rail;
• and
• an inertial measurement unit configured to secure to a second end of the first rail and to a second end of the second rail;
• mounts configured to connect the first rail and the second rail to a vehicle, wherein the antenna system and the mounts when connected together and mounted on a surface of any of the vehicles extend 8 inches or less from the surface of any of the vehicles;
• a receiver that comprises:
• a network time protocol network time server;
• a global navigation satellite system;
• a gateway configured to transmit location information;
• and
• a case that is manually portable, configured to retain all components of a vehicle location unit of the vehicle location units, and comprises an electrical panel that faces an outside of the case on a side of the case and is configured to connect electrically to:
• the first global positioning satellite antenna;
• the second global positioning satellite antenna;
• the inertial measurement unit;
• an antenna of the network time protocol network time server;
• a power source;
• a universal serial bus port;
• and
• a display unit port;
• generating sensor data for the area using a sensor system connected to a reference vehicle;
• associating reference timestamps and reference location information to the sensor data, wherein the reference location information is for the reference vehicle;
• and
• correlating vehicle location information for the vehicles with the sensor data using the vehicle timestamps, the reference location information, and the reference timestamps to form a dataset.