European GNSS provides an efficient technology for mapping and is widely used by such organisations as utility companies as well as regional and local authorities. EGNOS can contribute in growing the use of GNSS in real time mapping solutions by providing free accuracy that is widely available. And did we mention it's free? Today, most new GNSS devices are EGNOS-enabled, premitting real-time positioning and covering the majority of Europe.
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13 May 2020Access to the Galileo signal in a multi-constellation environment is providing benefits and opportunities for businesses, thanks to the enhanced performance and increased accuracy on offer. Here we look at the experience of one GIS technology company in northern Europe that has been leveraging... -
20 March 2020The European GNSS Agency (GSA) joins the 2020 Global Surveyors Day, to celebrate the men and women of the surveying profession and their valuable work across a wide range of geomatics applications including land surveying (cadastral, construction, mapping and GIS, mining and infrastructure... -
30 January 2020Carlo des Dorides took up his position as executive director of the European GNSS Agency (GSA) on February 1, 2011. In the nine years since then, the Galileo programme has progressed from a project on paper to an operational programme with over a billion users around the globe. As his term at the...
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augmentation service providers worldwide benefit from Galileo signals to improve the high-accuracy positioning
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83%
83%
of geomatics equipment in 2025 will be for Cadastral Surveying and Construction applications
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90%
90%
of GNSS devices offered today in geomatics use a minimum of two constellations
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90%
90%
of new GIS and mapping grade receivers are equipped with EGNOS
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78%
78%
of new GNSS based equipment used in geomatics support Galileo
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