GNSS as enabling technology for EASY-PV and SARA Professional Applications

The role of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is of paramount significance in enabling numerous professional applications, such as, location based services, mapping, and intelligent transportation to name a few. With the activation of initial services of Galileo, the European GNSS, applications relying on Position, Navigation, and Timing (PVT) are going to experience a noticeable benefit. Indeed, the interoperability of existing GNSS systems plays a vital role in enabling the economic viability for professional applications that require cost efficiency incompliance with GNSS high accuracy positioning and availability as their operational requirements. As an example, this paper presents the evident added value brought by GNSS to two professional applications, in energy and maritime domains, relying on the use of high accuracy GNSS receiver together with Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS).