Applanix POS MV Elite

The Industry-Leading Standard for Professional Hydrographic Direct Georeferencing

Product Overview 

The Applanix POS MV Elite represents the pinnacle of the POS MV family, offering the highest level of performance available to the hydrographic industry. It is a tightly coupled GNSS-aided Inertial Navigation System (INS) specifically engineered for the most demanding multibeam survey applications. By employing aerospace-grade Ring Laser Gyros (RLG) and high-end accelerometers, the Elite model delivers motion measurement accuracy that is approximately twice as precise as the current industry standards.

The system seamlessly blends GNSS data with inertial observables from its high-accuracy IMU and heading from the GNSS Azimuth Measurement System (GAMS). This ensures that even during GNSS outages—such as when surveying under bridges or near large offshore structures—your position, heading, and attitude remain stable and within IHO Special Order requirements.

Why Choose the Applanix POS MV Elite?

• The Highest Precision Available: With a roll and pitch accuracy of 0.003°, it provides unparalleled motion compensation, virtually eliminating "wobble" and artifacts in your bathymetric data, even at the outer edges of wide multibeam swaths.
• Aerospace-Grade IMU: Features an Inertial Measurement Unit originally designed for high-stakes aerospace navigation, now adapted for marine service to provide the lowest drift rates in the industry.
• Calibration-Free TrueHeave™: Unlike traditional filters that require settling time, TrueHeave™ uses advanced two-sided filtering to compute highly accurate heave estimates in real-time and post-processed modes, with no "run-in" time required.
• Tightly Coupled IN-Fusion™ Technology: Applanix's proprietary IN-Fusion technology ensures that GNSS and inertial data are blended at the raw observable level, allowing for centimetric positioning even when only a few satellites are visible.
• GAMS Heading Reliability: The GNSS Azimuth Measurement System (GAMS) provides high-accuracy heading that is independent of latitude and immune to the magnetic interference that plagues traditional gyrocompasses.