Method and system for managing positioning signals using error data

A system, comprising:

• a plurality of positioning satellites;
• a first base station;
• and
• a global position system (GPS) device, wherein the GPS device comprises a first receiver, a memory, a computer processor, an antenna, and a communication interface;
• wherein the memory comprises instructions executable by the computer processor and configured to perform a method comprising:
• obtaining a first plurality of positioning signals for a first subset of the plurality of positioning satellites;
• determining whether the GPS device is stationary;
• determining whether the GPS device is receiving position correction data from the first base station using the communication interface;
• determining a first cycle-slip error detection technique in response to determining that the GPS device is not stationary and the GPS device is receiving the position correction data from the first base station;
• determining cycle-slip error data using the first cycle-slip error detection technique and the first plurality of positioning signals;
• determining a first multipath error detection technique in response to determining that the GPS device is not stationary and the GPS device is receiving the position correction data from the first base station;
• and
• determining multipath error data using the first multipath error detection technique and the first plurality of positioning signals;
• determining whether the first subset of plurality of positioning satellites satisfy a first predetermined criterion based on the cycle-slip error data and the multipath error data;
• determining a second subset of plurality of positioning satellites in response to determining that the first subset of plurality of positioning satellites fail to satisfy the first predetermined criterion, wherein the second subset of plurality of positioning satellites are different from the first subset of the plurality of positioning satellites;
• obtaining a second plurality of positioning signals using the second subset of plurality of positioning satellites;
• and
• determining first position data using the second plurality of positioning signals.