Real-Time Kinematics Positioning GNSS Landslide Monitoring System - Comprehensive Review
Landslides pose a serious hazard worldwide, and monitoring their slow displacements is crucial for early warning and risk mitigation [1]. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) sensors provide continuous 3D positioning in all weather, but conventional geodetic-grade GNSS are expensive and fragile in harsh terrain. Recent years have seen the rise of low-cost GNSS units that offer centimeter-level accuracy at a fraction of the cost [2]. This paper reviews technical innovations that enable such performance, focusing on real field deployments. Key advances include high-precision positioning techniques (RTK and Precise Point Positioning, PPP) and hybrid PPP-RTK corrections that speed up convergence, data-driven approaches like “Virtual RINEX” (VRINEX) to emulate reference observations [3] [4], and integration of inexpensive MEMS inertial sensors to suppress GNSS noise [5]. Open-source processing (e.g. RTKLIB-based workflows) and community tools now make low-cost GNSS monitoring more accessible. Field tests confirm that properly deployed dual-frequency low-cost GNSS stations can track subcentimeter displacements. We summarize 14 representative studies, compare their setups and results (Tables 1&2), and conclude that multi-constellation dual-frequency receivers, short baselines or VRINEX references, and hybrid processing are recommended for cost-effective landslide monitoring. Future work should emphasize long-term autonomous networks and real-time PPP-RTK services to further democratize GNSS hazard monitoring.