Reach: first affordable centimeter-precise RTK GPS

#1

Post by ivereninov » Fri, May 01, 2015, 2:31 PM UTC

Re: Reach: first affordable centimeter-precise RTK GPS

#2

Post by kaster1977 » Fri, May 01, 2015, 2:36 PM UTC

wow, that's pretty cool!

#3

Post by kamehameha9000 » Fri, May 01, 2015, 2:39 PM UTC

well, L1 RTK takes some time to get a fix, but for that price it's a very good offer.

#4

Post by jeremy_buns » Fri, May 01, 2015, 2:39 PM UTC

Why isn't it in the smartphones yet? They already have GPS and plenty of processing power..

#5

Post by kedroviy » Fri, May 01, 2015, 2:40 PM UTC

jeremy_buns wrote: post #4

Why isn't it in the smartphones yet? They already have GPS and plenty of processing power..

it's a bad idea to integrate smartphone into a robot...

#6

Post by xent » Fri, May 01, 2015, 2:49 PM UTC

jeremy_buns wrote: post #4

Why isn't it in the smartphones yet? They already have GPS and plenty of processing power..

Because receivers in smartphones do not provide phase measurements.