A connected world with global positioning.
Hexagon's intelligence for positioning empowers our daily lives with seamless navigation and autonomy.
GNSS, more commonly known as the GPS (Global Positioning System), operates on a network of satellites orbiting Earth. These satellites transmit signals that are received by GPS receivers on the ground. By triangulating signals from multiple satellites, GNSS receivers can determine their precise location in terms of latitude, longitude, and altitude.
The GNSS Satellite Constellation is a group of satellites circling 20,000 to 37,000 kilometres above the Earth. They are meticulously arranged to ensure global coverage. Six main constellations are managed by different countries—GPS (from the US), QZSS (Japan), BEIDOU (China), GALILEO (EU), GLONASS (Russia), and NavIC (India)—and they are in charge of keeping all those satellites in check.
Intelligence beyond positioning:
Hexagon's Intelligence for Positioning provides high precision positioning technologies to advance navigation and autonomy systems. The technology isn't just for maps, though. It has become a cornerstone for countless industries, unlocking new possibilities and efficiencies.
Enabling space exploration since NASA's initial moon missions.
Assisting armed forces in safeguarding the nation by detecting, analysing, preventing, and responding to threats across air, land, and sea.
Empowering system integrators with the world's most precise and stable source of timing information by delivering timing measurements accurate to 20 nanoseconds.
Aircraft navigation from departure, en route, to landing.
Enabling precision farming with automated guidance, location planning, and yield monitoring.
Marine applications for oil rig positioning, underwater cable and pipeline installation and inspection, rescue and recovery, and dredging of ports and waterways.
Boosting Control, Visibility, and Productivity with Advanced Monitoring and Alert Systems for Fleet Management.
GNSS is at the core of our everyday lives. The invisible piece of this everyday technology provides invaluable information, without which, we’d be lost!
This is Hexagon’s Intelligence of Things.
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