Ground based GPS stations hoped to boost mining, agriculture and Indigenous land management in Kimberley
AprApril 2021 at 2:04am
Three additional GPS ground stations like this one will be built in the Kimberley to improve location accuracy.
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The construction of three new satellite positioning ground stations in the Kimberley is hoped to provide a technological boost to major sectors in the region such as mining, agriculture and Indigenous land management.
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Project hopes to provide more accurate location measurements
Mining, agriculture and indigenous land management expected to benefit
The new receivers are part of a nation-wide upgrade of Australia s Global Navigation Satellite System network, or what s commonly called GPS , named after the satellite system owned by the United States.
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