Geoinformation & Navigation Service for Constrained Environments in Forestry

The proposed service will close gaps currently existing within two end-to-end processes within the forestry domain. GeoNavCon proposes an integrated solution combining assisted/augmented GNSS and Satellite Communication further combined with Earth Observation (EO) and/or aerial data. The Service provides GNSS corrections in order to improve availability, accuracy and integrity of the position determination for users in remote and constrained environments. The EO data complements the service in order to provide the required reference; statically in form of elevation maps as well as dynamically in terms of near real time data of characteristics of the ground, the forest and the environment. The users feature: Private forest owners with less than 200 ha of cultivated area; private forest owners, associations of forest holders, and national forests with a forest ownership larger than 200 ha; Authorities (surveying offices, Forestry Offices, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry); Service providing companies (Forestry companies, transport companies for timber / wood products, forest experts and forestry consultants, forest engineers, tourism companies); Emergency services (THW, fire departments, police, ambulance service).