At the Beginning of November, Leica Geosystems AB, Sweden, and Swepos signed an agreement for the data exchange of GNSS raw data. Swepos is the national GNSS network provider in Sweden, which is operated and owned by the Swedish government organisation LANTMÄTERIET (National Land Survey). The Swepos network covers the whole country, offering GNSS-correction data from approximately 200 reference stations to more then 1500 professional users since 1998.
With this new GNSS data exchange agreement, Leica Geosystems will be able to build up a fully covering Network-RTK solution for Sweden in combination with the Swepos reference sites, in a very short time. The new network called Leica 
(from left to right:) Anders Frisk CTO Swepos, NLS Sweden; Bo Jonsson GPS Program Manager, Deputy Head Geodetic Research Division, NLS Sweden; Hans Borg, Sales Manager Leica Geosystems Sweden; Per Paag, Managing Director Leica Geosystems Sweden SmartNet will be able to offer new and exciting possibilities for Leica Geosystems users and professional partners, as well as being part of the European-wide Leica SmartNet System.
“Leica Geosystems will emphasise the work to broaden the user categories for GNSS-corrections. The agricultural businesses, as well as GIS and Machine Control are just some examples of businesses where we see huge growth potential. The agreement with Swepos and our network hard and software solutions, together with Leica SmartNet, gives us the unique possibility to offer almost unlimited tailor made services to our customers”, says Hans Borg, Sales Manager Leica Geosystems Sweden.
The test phase will start immediately, with plans to go live with full coverage by the beginning of April 2011.
