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Glossary
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Technical terms used in the AV2 documentation.

.. glossary::
   :sorted:

   AHRS
      Attitude and Heading Reference System. A sensor that provides orientation data.

   BEV
      Bird's Eye View. A top-down perspective of the scene.

   CAN
      Controller Area Network. A vehicle bus standard for communication between microcontrollers.

   DWA
      Dynamic Window Approach. A local motion planning algorithm.

   ENU
      East-North-Up. A coordinate system convention.

   FOV
      Field of View. The angular extent visible to a sensor.

   GNSS
      Global Navigation Satellite System. Includes GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, etc.

   GPS
      Global Positioning System. US satellite navigation system.

   IMU
      Inertial Measurement Unit. Sensor measuring acceleration and rotation.

   IPM
      Inverse Perspective Mapping. Transform from camera to bird's eye view.

   LIDAR
      Light Detection and Ranging. Sensor using laser pulses for distance measurement.

   NTRIP
      Networked Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol. RTK correction delivery.

   Occupancy Grid
      A 2D probabilistic map representing obstacle locations.

   Pure Pursuit
      A geometric path tracking algorithm.

   RTK
      Real-Time Kinematic. GPS enhancement providing centimeter accuracy.

   SLAM
      Simultaneous Localization and Mapping.

   UTM
      Universal Transverse Mercator. A map projection system.

   Waypoint
      A target position along a planned path.

   WGS84
      World Geodetic System 1984. The GPS coordinate system.