5th October 2009

Commission launches EGNOS Open Service - free access to citizens and businesses

EGNOS is a satellite-based augmentation system that improves the accuracy of satellite navigation signals over Europe. The accuracy of current GPS signals is improved from about ten meters to two meters. It can support new applications in a number of different sectors such as agriculture, like high-precision spraying of fertilizers, or transport, like automatic road-tolling or pay-per-use insurance schemes. Click here for more.

Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic