A positional accuracy obtained by the Precise Point Positioning and static relative methods was compared and analyzed. Test data was collected using low-cost GNSS receivers of single- and dual-frequency in urban areas. The data was analyzed for quality using the TEQC program to determine the degree of affectation of the signal in the urban area. Low-cost GNSS receivers were found to be sensitive to the multipath effect, which impacts positioning. The horizontal and vertical accuracy was evaluated with respect to Mexican regulations for the GNSS establishment criteria. Probable Error Circle (CEP) and Vertical Positioning Accuracy (EPV) were performed on low cost GNSS receiver observation data. The results show that low-cost dual-frequency GNSS receivers can be used in urban areas. The precision was obtained in the order of 0.013 m in the static relative method. The results obtained are comparable to a geodetic receiver in a geodetic baseline of <20 km. The study does not recommend using single and dual frequencies low cost GNSS receivers based on results obtained by the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) method in urban areas. The inclusion of the GGM10 model reduces the vertical precision obtained by using low cost GNSS receivers in both methods, conforming to the regulations only in the horizontal component.

The new generation, low-cost U-blox ZED-F9P receiver was evaluated and statistically compared by GNSS observations on a geodesic monument, through both Precise Point Positioning and Static relative positioning techniques with a distance of 33 km from the references station. This was done with the purpose of checking the use feasibility of the low-cost receiver of similar gamma in topographic-geodesic works. To that end, four scenarios were considered: in the first scenario, the static relative positioning with the low-cost equipment was applied; in the second scenario, the static relative positioning with a geodetic receiver was applied. Both scenarios were processed with commercial software. The third and fourth scenarios were processed with Precise Point Positioning techniques through the RTKLIB software. The results show that Precise Point Positioning techniques get a precision of 1 cm through the use of low-cost equipment which is suitable to apply in geodetic works. In the static relative method, the precision obtained is 7 mm, indicating the possibility of using the low-cost equipment in both survey and geodetic high precision works, considering a line base ≤30 Km, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía normative.

Nowadays, with the incursion of low-cost GNSS receivers with modern characteristics, it is common to investigate and apply new methodologies and solutions with different receivers of this nature. Based on this fact, the performance of the solution obtained from the low-cost GNSS receiver is evaluated compared to a geodetic grade GNSS receiver at different sampling frequencies for the PPP-static and PPP-kinematic modes. For this, the original RINEX observation files were analyzed and decimated into different sampling rates as 0.1, 0.2, 1, 5, 15 and 30 s with TEQC software. All RINEX files were submitted to the Canadian Spatial Reference System Precise Point Positioning (CSRS-PPP) online service for processing with static and kinematic modes. The PPP-derived coordinates from the low-cost GNSS receiver were compared with the geodetic receiver to evaluate the obtained solution. The results reveal that the behavior of all studied sampling rates from the low-cost GNSS receiver are constant in achieved positioning. In addition, the achieved precision shows that it is recommendable to use a high sampling rate to obtain a cm level in PPP-static mode by using a low-cost GNSS receiver, this mode being the most accurate and potential alternative for structural health monitoring studies, mapping and positioning in urban areas.

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El presente trabajo busca contribuir con un análisis gravimétrico del volcán La Malinche, tomando como referencias 39 puntos definidos dentro del área natural protegida de su Parque Nacional, calculando anomalías de aire libre y Bouguer, así como la fuerza de un líquido en una corriente intermitente, con el objetivo de determinar el comportamiento del agua y la gravedad respecto de la pendiente pronunciada en el suroeste del edificio, a través del modelo gravimétrico EIGEN-6C4. Los resultados muestran anomalías de Bouguer con valores negativos y valores positivos para las anomalías de aire libre, mostrando un comportamiento inversamente proporcional entre la altura del punto y la gravedad. Respecto al análisis de la fuerza del agua se muestra un comportamiento inversamente proporcional a la pendiente, con valor promedio de 8919.062093 N/m3.