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Meanwhile, this paper proposes a combined gravity compensation method using a simplified gravity model and gravity database. This new combined method consists of two steps all together. Step 1 subtracts the normal gravity using a simplified gravity model. Step 2 first obtains the gravity disturbance on the trajectory of the carrier with the help of ELM training based on the measured gravity data (provided by Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics; Chinese Academy of sciences), and then compensates it into the error equations of the INS, considering the gravity disturbance, to further improve the navigation accuracy. The effectiveness and feasibility of this new gravity compensation method for the INS are verified through vehicle tests in two different regions; one is in flat terrain with mild gravity variation and the other is in complex terrain with fierce gravity variation. During 2 h vehicle tests, the positioning accuracy of two tests can improve by 20% and 38% respectively, after the gravity is compensated by the proposed method.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s18051552","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,15]],"date-time":"2018-05-15T03:29:34Z","timestamp":1526354974000},"page":"1552","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["A Combined Gravity Compensation Method for INS Using the Simplified Gravity Model and Gravity Database"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Xiao","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Science and Technology on Inertial Laboratory, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gongliu","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Science and Technology on Inertial Laboratory, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechatronices and Information Engineering, China Mining University, Beijing 100083, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zeyang","family":"Wen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Science and Technology on Inertial Laboratory, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Titterton, D.H., and Weston, J.L. 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