python-ins 1.0

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.

To install execute in the package directory:

pip install .

To perform 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 pyins

Due to some pytest limitations it won't work for 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.