Does anyone know what GEOID Mission Planner uses? Is there a way to change it?
Thank you,
Dave
MP displays what is sent to it.
which in most cases will be wgs84. as that’s what the gps is setup in.
@skyveyor
ucenter uses egm96 on a average grid. The elevations are ellipsoid related and averaged on a grid of unknown size per the geiod so elevations if using a ublox are not related to a level surface just the ellipsoid.
@Michael_Oborne
WGS84 is a horizontal reference and does not relate to vertical data.
What is needed is a correct geiod height added to the ellipsoid returned by ublox GPS so elevations are correct. For this users would need to select a downloadable geoid file. https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GEOID/index.shtml
The geiod files would be applied to the WGS84 horizontal data & calculate the correct geoid height (actual MSL elevatrion).
Could this be done? I would be willing to invest in the project.
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