Article: The Future of Soft GNSS

By Mike Ball / 14 Aug 2019

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Trimble Soft GNSS articleTrimble Integrated Technologies, a manufacturer of high-precision positioning and mapping solutions for UAVs and other robotic systems, has released an article detailing the future of Soft GNSS, or software-defined GNSS technology.

Download the article from Trimble’s website

The article outlines:

  • What Soft GNSS is and how users can acquire it
  • Why the industry is shifting towards Soft GNSS
  • The transition process from traditional practices to Soft GNSS

To find out more about Soft GNSS and how it may affect precision positioning applications, download the article from Trimble’s website here.

Posted by Mike Ball Mike Ball is our resident technical editor here at Unmanned Systems Technology. Combining his passion for teaching, advanced engineering and all things unmanned, Mike keeps a watchful eye over everything related to the unmanned technical sector. With over 10 years’ experience in the unmanned field and a degree in engineering, Mike’s been heading up our technical team here for the last 8 years. Connect & Contact

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