Technology Companies Join Australian National Positioning Project
Technology Companies Join Australian National Positioning Project 16 Februari 2017 GMV, Inmarsat and Lockheed Martin have joined Australia"s national positioning project ( image : Spatial Source) Geoscience Australia announced today that technology companies GMV, Inmarsat and Lockheed Martin have joined Australia"s two-year national positioning project. Geoscience Australia"s Gary Johnston said that the project is trialling a Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) to improve the accuracy of Australia"s positioning. "The SBAS test-bed is Australia"s first exploratory step to joining countries such as the United States, Europe, China, Russia, India and Japan, which are already using the technology on a daily basis. "This technology hasn"t been widely tested in Australia before, however GMV, Inmarsat and Lockheed Martin have experience implementing it around the world. Satellite positioning services such as GPS provide accuracy to within 5 metre...