Locata positioning hits ground at New Mexico missile range
Friday, January 4, 2013 - 12:00
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—A new positioning system can take on where GPS leaves off. An Australia-based company, Locata, is featuring a ground-based system using stronger signals than GPS for pinpointing a person's location indoors or outdoors. In place of satellites, Locata has developed technology that features ground-based equipment to project a radio signal over a localized area. A Locata network of small, ground-based transmitters blankets a chosen area with strong radio-positioning signals. This is a "terrestrially" based system capable of powerful signals, which can work in both internal and external environments.