python-ins 1.0.1

Inertial Navigation System algorithms in Python

pyins

pyins is a Python package which provides common basic algorithms used in Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) aided by external sensors like GNSS.

Version 1.0 has refined and improved functionality, consistent docstrings and extended examples. Refer to version_1.0.md for the list of main changes compared to earlier versions.

Installation

The package now is pure Python and thus can be easily installed on any platform.

Installing from pypi

Due to pypi policies the distribution package name is "python-ins".

pip install python-ins

Installing from source

To perform a regular install, execute in the cloned repository directory:

pip install .

To perform an editable (inplace) install:

pip install -e .

Dependencies

Runtime dependencies include (versions in parentheses were used for the latest development):

• numba (0.58.0)
• numpy (1.25.2)
• scipy (1.11.3)
• pandas (2.1.1)

Running tests

To run all the supplied tests with pytest execute:

pytest --pyargs pyins

Due to some pytest limitations it won't work for the editable installation. In this case supply path to tests directory:

pytest /your_dev_dir/pyins/pyins/tests

Documentation

Documentation is available here https://pyins.readthedocs.io.