News

Segments

Tuesday, August 14, 2018
The increase of air traffic in the skies across Europe is the challenge of ensuring that its airports present, at all times, the highest security with respect to its air accessibility. The GSA-funded BLUEGNSS project has applied Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to eleven airports in the Southeastern Mediterranean region in…
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
With four topics under the Horizon 2020 EGNSS MARKET UPTAKE 2019 call for proposals set to open on 16 October 2018, now is a good time to take a look at the many EU R&D funding opportunities that the GNSS community can take advantage of. The EGNSS-related call that is set to open in October supports key EU priorities –…
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Following the April 1 entry into force of the European eCall regulation, requiring all new car and light van types sold in the EU to be fitted with the emergency systems, Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars has taken the lead as the first car-maker to equip its vehicles with eCall. The eCall device in the Volvo…
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Mark your calendar for European Space Week 2018, and don’t miss out on the leading European space programmes conference, connecting business, policy-makers, international experts and space application user communities, which will take place in Marseille, France, on 3-6 December 2018. Beginning with the EGNSS Users…
Monday, July 16, 2018
After two years and a half, the inLane project, funded by the European GNSS Agency (GSA) and coordinated by Vicomtech as part of a consortium of 10 companies spread over Europe, has recently been declared completed upon fully developing a low-cost, lane-level, precise turn-by-turn navigation application through…
Thursday, July 12, 2018
An increasing global population means we have to produce more food with a limited amount of land. Farmers are also faced with rising costs and a growing demand for traceability and reduced environmental impact. Europe space programs EGNOS and Galileo help farmers meet these challenges increasing accuracy of existing satellite…
Thursday, July 12, 2018
The 2017 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey results have been published! In this report, you can find an overview of EGNOS Users’ satisfaction in 2017 compared to the marks obtained the previous year. The global satisfaction score has been settled on 8.1 amongst the 136 EGNOS Users that have…
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Less that five weeks left for interested startups, SMEs, entrepreneurs, researchers and students within your network to make their satellite navigation ideas award-worthy. The ESNC boosts businesses with a EUR 1 million prize pool, a network of more than 140 high-tech partners and three E-GNSS Accelerator business support packages worth EUR 62,…
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
In order to disseminate the capabilities of EGNOS for mapping and GIS applications, a webinar has been organised by EuroGeographics and the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA), with the collaboration of ESSP, the EGNOS service provider. The webinar took place on June 20th 2018 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM CEST…
Monday, June 25, 2018
The EGNOS App has just been upgraded to version 2.0! This recent release comes full equipped with new functionalities, bug fixes and security improvements intended to ease comprehension and place at your disposal all the information you need. Being informed has never been so easy! Dynamic real-time information is now a fact; with the brand…