GPS accuracy: Lies, damn lies and statistics - GPS World

GPS accuracy: Lies, damn lies and statistics

Figure 1. Measured and theoretical horizontal error distribution. The vertical axis indicates the relative frequency of errors occurring in each error interval. Horizontal axis values are rounded. (Data: Frank van Diggelen)

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics. So reportedly said Benjamin Disraeli, prime minister of Great Britain from 1874 to 1880.