Finland’s Enhanced Navigation using COMPASS/Beidou Signals

Sep 22 2013

Goals:

• providing the Finnish industry and society with new knowledge about the Chinese satellite navigation system COMPASS (officially Beidou)
• introducing novel approaches for multi-GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) positioning through cooperative research and information sharing between Chinese and Finnish partners.

Partners:

• Finnish Geodetic Institute (Finland)
• the GNSS Research Center GRC (China)
• Chinese Antarctic Center for Surveying and Mapping (China)
• Tekes the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
• Nokia Ltd. (Finland)
• Vaisala Ltd. (Finland)
• Roger-GPS Ltd. (Finland)

The project will have a unique opportunity to conduct a system performance study at this early stage of the COMPASS life cycle.