OmniSTAR Covers the Globe

By Jim.Robinson|March 19, 2009

OmniSTAR, owned by Fugro NV, a worldwide services company with over 200 offices in more than 45 countries, is one of the world’s market leaders in providing GPS enhancement data via satellite. With worldwide coverage, over 70 reference stations around the globe, and two network control centers, OmniSTAR provides a highly reliable positioning service. OmniSTAR continuously monitors the signals of all GPS satellites at over 100 known locations around the world, 21 of which are in North America.

The OmniSTAR service was developed to satisfy the need for an accurate positioning system for new precision agriculture applications. OmniSTAR service offers unprecedented real-time, DGPS positioning. The system offers superior geographical coverage and can improve the accuracy of your GPS receiver by as much as 100 times.

The OmniSTAR HP service has extremely low error and it is particularly useful for agricultural machine guidance and many surveying tasks. It operates in real time and without the need for local Base Stations or telemetry links. OmniSTAR HP is a true advancement in the use of GPS for on-the-go precise positioning.

The new OmniSTAR XP is especially suited for agricultural automatic steering systems. It is slightly less accurate than the OmniSTAR HP but is still a significant improvement over other regional differential systems.

The systems are characterized by portable receiving equipment, suitable for vehicle mounting or back-pack use. The company offers highly popular auto-steer technology, which has repeatedly gained popularity across the agriculture market over the past three years. OmniSTAR also offers Satellite Differential subscriptions for Trimble’s AgGPS 132 and Pathfinder Pro XRS products.