1. A method of determining an absolute position of a first machine, the first machine including a locating device and a controller with a processor and a memory component, the method comprising: generating with the locating device, and receiving with the processor, a location signal indicative of a first absolute position estimate of the first machine and a first uncertainty measure, the first uncertainty corresponding to the first absolute position estimate; receiving with the processor, from a second machine, relative pose information determined by the second machine, a second absolute position estimate of the second machine, and a second uncertainty measure, the second uncertainty measure corresponding to the second absolute position estimate; determining with the processor that the first uncertainty measure is higher than the second uncertainty measure; determining with the processor, at least in part in response to determining that the first uncertainty measure is higher than the second uncertainty measure, the absolute position of the first machine, and a first machine absolute uncertainty measure; based, at least in part, on the first absolute position estimate, the relative pose information, the second absolute position estimate, and the second uncertainty measure; and storing the absolute position of the first machine in the memory component.