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The proposed multi-sensor system (MSS) consists of multiple GNSS antennas rigidly mounted on the frame of a rotating laser scanner and a reference GNSS station with known coordinates. Precise GNSS navigation requires the resolution of the carrier phase ambiguities. The proposed method uses the multivariate constrained integer least-squares (MC-LAMBDA) method for the estimation of rotating frame ambiguities and attitude angles. MC-LAMBDA makes use of the known antenna geometry to strengthen the underlying attitude model and, hence, to enhance the reliability of rotating frame ambiguity resolution and attitude determination. The reliable estimation of rotating frame ambiguities is consequently utilized to enhance the relative positioning of the rotating frame with respect to the reference station. This integrated (array-aided) method improves ambiguity resolution, as well as positioning accuracy between the rotating frame and the reference station. Numerical analyses of GNSS data from a real-data campaign confirm the improved performance of the proposed method over the existing method. In particular, the integrated method yields reliable ambiguity resolution and reduces position standard deviation by a factor of about 0.8, matching the theoretical gain of 3\/4 for two antennas on the rotating frame and a single antenna at the reference station.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s140712715","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,17]],"date-time":"2014-07-17T11:26:30Z","timestamp":1405596390000},"page":"12715-12734","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Integrated GNSS Attitude Determination and Positioning for Direct Geo-Referencing"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Nandakumaran","family":"Nadarajah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Research Centre, Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1222-5568","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jens-Andr\u00e9","family":"Paffenholz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Geodetic Institute, Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover, Nienburger Str. 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Teunissen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Research Centre, Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia"},{"name":"Delft Institute of Earth Observation and Space Systems (DEOS), Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5058, 2600 GB Delft, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Lichti, D.D., and Gordon, S.J. 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