EKF: Allow for change in position when defining the WGS-84 origin position

This allows GPS aiding to commence later in flight without step changes in local position output
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Paul Riseborough 2016-03-10 15:13:47 +11:00
parent e0fcce1463
commit 26238bc2f5

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@ -55,15 +55,21 @@
bool Ekf::collect_gps(uint64_t time_usec, struct gps_message *gps)
{
// run gps checks if we have not yet set the NED origin or have not started using GPS
if (!_NED_origin_initialised || !_control_status.flags.gps) {
// if we have good GPS data and the NED origin is not set, set to the last GPS fix
// If we have defined the WGS-84 position of the NED origin, run gps quality checks until they pass, then define the origins WGS-84 position using the last GPS fix
if (!_NED_origin_initialised ) {
// we have good GPS data so can now set the origin's WGS-84 position
if (gps_is_good(gps) && !_NED_origin_initialised) {
printf("gps is good - setting EKF origin\n");
// Initialise projection
// Set the origin's WGS-84 position to the last gps fix
double lat = gps->lat / 1.0e7;
double lon = gps->lon / 1.0e7;
map_projection_init_timestamped(&_pos_ref, lat, lon, _time_last_imu);
// if we are already doing aiding, corect for the change in posiiton since the EKF started navigating
if (_control_status.flags.opt_flow || _control_status.flags.gps) {
double est_lat, est_lon;
map_projection_reproject(&_pos_ref, -_state.pos(0), -_state.pos(1), &est_lat, &est_lon);
map_projection_init_timestamped(&_pos_ref, est_lat, est_lon, _time_last_imu);
}
// Take the current GPS height and subtract the filter height above origin to estimate the GPS height of the origin
_gps_alt_ref = 1e-3f * (float)gps->alt + _state.pos(2);
_NED_origin_initialised = true;