GNSS opportunities in Agriculture, Mapping and Surveying Presented at the: H2020 Workshop/GNSS opportunities in different Market Segments Prague, 14 January 2015

1. GNSS opportunities in Agriculture
Omar Valdes
Market Development Department
14 January 2015

2. Outline
EGNOS range of applications
EGNOS and Galileo
value proposition for Agriculture
EGNSS Enable new applications in
Precision Agriculture
Market and technology drivers in high
Precision Agriculture support high long
term growth

3. EGNOS and Galileo
value proposition for Agriculture
PPP Solutions
Galileo OS dual
frequency
Galileo CS High Precision
Synergies with remote
sensing (i.e. Copernicus)
 Enhance precision: EGNOS
pass to pass accuracy <
30cm
 EGNOS as an affordable
entry point technology
 Eliminate waste and over-
application of fertilisers
and herbicides
 Save time and money
 Reduce fatigue
 Optimize crop yields
 Increase profit margins
Benefits
EGNOS V3 (dual
constellation and
frequency)
EGNOS and „globalising“
SBAS

4. EGNSS Enable new applications in Precision Agriculture
• Biomass monitoring
• Soil sampling
• Land consolidation
• Livestock tracking
• Virtual fencing
• CAP field boundary
management
• Environmental management
Existing applications
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• New potential applications besides classical ones (Machine Guidance, Automatic
Steering, VRA, Asset Management)
New potential applications
Machine Guidance
VRA Asset Management
Auto-steering

5. EGNOS has a wide range of applications
Application
category
Application field Required
accuracy level
Arable High-value crop cultivation (e.g. potatoes and
vegetables) and/ or precision operations
(sowing and transplanting)
c.2cm
Low-value crop cultivation (e.g. cereals) and
low-accuracy operations (fertilising and
reaping)
c.1m
Dairy Individual livestock positioning and virtual
fencing
2-5m
Agro-logistic Land parcel identification/ geo-traceability,
post harvest pick-up and supervised tracking
of livestock, manure, etc.
c.2.5m
Legislation/
management
Field measurement and boundary mapping
and updating
c.2.5m
EGNOS application domain

6. Market and technology drivers in high Precision
Agriculture support high long term growth
Market trends
• Increased demographic pressure on yield
with limited resources available
• Market reaction:
• Consolidation of farms foster Precision
Agriculture
• GNSS-based solutions in farms show
measureable cost savings and while
increasing the yield
Source of chart: Claas Agrosystems
Technology trends
• SBAS solutions opening markets at entry-level prepare users for more advanced solutions
• Dual frequency and dual-constellation expected by Galileo and GPSIII (L1/L5 resp. E1/E5)
• Emerging role of PPP solutions vs. traditional RTK
• Use of big data for integrated farming across different equipment supplied by different
hardware brands

7. GNSS opportunities in Mapping and Surveying
Omar Valdes
Market Development Department
14 January 2015

8. Outline
Market and technology drivers in
Surveying support high long term growth
GNSS use in Surveying is
progressing in all regions
Challenges ahead in Surveying
market segment
Areas of interest for GNSS research
in Mapping and Surveying
Current status of the EGNSS
adoption in Surveying
Current status of the EGNSS
adoption in Mapping
Conclusions

9. Current status of the EGNSS adoption in Surveying
High precision segment, consists in
plotting maps and charts that
contain locations of points of
interest.
E-GNSS in surveying often means
the need for centimetre level
accuracy.
Use of Surveying will be
complemented with Galileo
providing benefits for more
demanding applications.
Cadastral Construction
Mine Marine
Surveying disciplines

10. GNSS use in Surveying is progressing in all regions
In the Rest of the World is
expected to experience
major growth and develop
much faster than in Europe
or North America.
Falling prices will be an
important driver for the
uptake of surveying.
Revenues will be generated
mainly by cadastral and
construction surveying.
Core revenue from GNSS device sales by region

11. Current status of the EGNSS adoption in Mapping
g
Basic precision segment, consists
in plotting maps and charts that
contain locations of points of interest.
For many mapping applications
meter level accuracy is sufficient
Applications such as thematic
mapping for small and medium
municipalities, forestry and park
management as well as surveying of
utility infrastructures can benefit
from EGNOS.
EGNOS is providing free accuracy improvement that is widely available

12. Market and technology drivers in Surveying support
high long term growth
Market trends
• Surveying seeks to maximise the accuracy of
measurements and signal availability in harsh
environment
• Property-related activities stimulating
growth in shipments of GNSS devices
• Cadastral and Construction related
applications remain the leading actors of the
sustained growth of GNSS shipments
Technology trends
• Dual frequency and multi-constellation expected by Galileo and GPSIII (L1/L5 resp. E1/E5)
• Galileo Commercial Service (CS) will deliver high accuracy and improve robustness
• Galileo Commercial Service (CS) Authentication of interest for Mine and Cadastral surveying
• Benefits are expected in PPP (reducing converging period) and DGNSS

13. Challenges ahead in Surveying market segment
Surveying challenges:
• cm level accuracy range need
• High productivity requirements
• Limited line of sight visibility (tree
canopy)
• Multipath in urban canyons
• Operations in Northern latitudes
• Expensive highly sophisticated
equipment
E-GNSS features:
• Galileo dual frequency
• Galileo CS High Precision and Authentication
• Stronger signal compared to GPS
• Higher elevation of satellites
E-GNSS added value:
• Enhanced precision
• Increased availability
• Faster ambiguity resolution
• Better operations in northern latitudes
• Better operations in urban canyons, i.e.
where multipath occurs
• Better operations with limited visibility
• Cost efficiency due to high competition

14. Areas of interest for GNSS research in Mapping and
Surveying
Use of Mapping based on EGNOS will be complemented with Galileo providing benefits
for Surveying
The emergence of new constellations and multiple frequencies along with
decreasing device prices will open up the market of Mapping and Surveying
 GNSS devices more and more accessible at lower cost (EGNOS
enabled)
 …and with increased performance (leveraging Galileo)
Technology trends for EGNSS
Galileo CS (HP surveying)
- Accuracy, continuity
- Reliability with AUT (tbc)
- Resistance against multipath
EGNOS and Galileo OS DF
(basic precision for mapping)
- Autonomous basic accuracy solution for low cost

15. Conclusions
 EGNOS is providing free accuracy improvement that is widely available
 In Agriculture, EGNSS answers the market trends by
• Enhance precision
• Eliminate waste and over-application of fertilisers and herbicides
• Save time and money
• Reduce fatigue
• Optimize crop yields
• Increase profit margins
 In Mapping & Surveying, EGNSS answers the market trends by
• Enhanced precision
• Increased availability
• Faster ambiguity resolution
• Better operations in northern latitudes and in urban canyons
• Better operations with limited visibility
• Cost efficiency due to high competition
 Growing markets segments, the biggest growth expected from Asia and South America

16. Question time
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