European Free Satellite-Based Augmentation System

Yes, since October 1st it’s out there and is free! Read the full story!

EGNOS, is the first Satellite-Based Augmentation System for Europe. Basically it can be used to improve the accuracy of the satellite navigation systems, for instance, if you can get a precision of 20 meters using a common GPS receiver, with EGNOS, you can improve it about 10 times.. getting an accuracy of 2 meters. Most of the common GPS devices are already EGNOS aware, so probably, You don’t need to buy a new device.

EGNOS supports all the Europe and the eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Portugal is one of the countries involved in the project. For more details on this topic go to here.

• What is EGNOS?
• How does EGNOS work?