Navigation and Positioning
A section of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Section Information
The Navigation and Positioning Section publishes peer-reviewed papers covering all aspects of navigation and positioning.
Potential Topics:
- Global navigation satellite (GNSS)
- Satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS)
- Indoor localization systems (ILS)
- Geographic information system (GIS)
- Industrial metrology & geodetic systems
- Location-based services (LBS) and applications
- Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)
- Ultrasound positioning
- Ultra Wide Band (UWB) positioning
- Precise positioning
- Navigation guidance
- Inertial navigation
- Indoor positioning, navigation, tracking methods
- AoA, TOF, TDOA based localization
- Signal Strength Based Methods, Fingerprinting
- Seamless positioning systems
- Optical Positioning Systems
- Indoor maps and 3D building models
- Vehicle and personal location
- Intelligent transportation
- Path planning
- Object tracking
- Wireless positioning technologies
- Navigation and visual scanning technologies
- Applications of location awareness & context detection
- Visual odometry
- Pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR)
- Standards and interoperability
- Human motion monitoring and modeling
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Multi-Sensor Resilient Fusion Perception, Positioning and Navigation Systems (Deadline: 25 July 2026)
- Underwater Intelligent Detection and Object Recognition Based on Deep Learning (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Next-Generation Avionics Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (ACNS) Using LEO Opportunistic Signals (Deadline: 20 August 2026)
- INS/GNSS Integrated Navigation Systems: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Multi-Sensor Integration for Mobile and UAS Mapping (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Indoor Navigation: Indoor Positioning System Using Sensing Technologies (Deadline: 20 September 2026)
- Intelligent Navigation Systems for Aerospace and UAV Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2026)
- Advanced Techniques in Control and Path Planning for Autonomous and Collaborative Robots in Dynamic Environments (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Intelligent Mobile Robotics: Object Recognition, Human–Robot Interaction and Autonomous Navigation (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Advances in GNSS/INS Integration for Navigation and Positioning (Deadline: 30 October 2026)
- Intelligent Localization Through Multi-Sensor Fusion Techniques (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Smart Sensor Systems for Positioning and Navigation: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Advanced Sensing for Intelligent Robot Localization and Navigation (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Advances in RFID-Based Indoor Positioning Systems (Deadline: 25 November 2026)
- Intelligent Optimization for Marine Vehicle Navigation and Positioning (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Architecture, Applications and Challenges of Communication and Navigation Integration (Deadline: 25 December 2026)
- Multi-Sensor Technology for Tracking, Positioning and Navigation (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Development and Challenges of Indoor Positioning and Localization (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Positioning and Sensing Technologies for Ubiquitous Mobile Intelligence (Deadline: 20 January 2027)
- Integrated Navigation and Its Applications in Autonomous Agricultural Machinery (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Advances in Hybrid Positioning and Tracking: Algorithms, Systems and Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Artificial Intelligence in Guidance, Navigation, and Control for Autonomous Systems (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
