This study investigates the precision characteristics of multi-GNSS static
baseline processing under diverse observational environments using three
commercial software packages. Five test sites were selected from an
open area to a dense high-rise u...
This study investigates the precision characteristics of multi-GNSS static
baseline processing under diverse observational environments using three
commercial software packages. Five test sites were selected from an
open area to a dense high-rise urban canyon, and four Leica receivers
which simultaneously tracked GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou signals
for about five hours at each site. The observations were divided into
one-hour sessions. They were processed as very-short baselines between
closely spaced receivers and short baselines between each site and a
nearby CORS for eight GNSS combinations from GPS-only to four-system
integration. Horizontal and height precision were evaluated from ENU
residual statistics, along with a dedicated experiment on GLONASS
inter-frequency phase bias. In favorable environments, multi-GNSS
combinations generally improved precision over GPS-only, confirming
system interoperability. In obstructed urban environments, however,
precision strongly depended on the software and GNSS combination, and - 98 -
some GLONASS-inclusive combinations showed degraded performance.
Triple and quadruple combinations such as GEC and GREC still achieved
centimeter-level horizontal precision, indicating their practical applicability
for urban control surveys. The results also indicate that high
ambiguity-fixing rates do not necessarily guarantee reliable solutions. This
underscores the importance of jointly examining software-provided quality
indicators, such as residuals and posterior variances, and performing
reprocessing or additional observations when these indicators degrade
abnormally.