Sparkfun and Geo-location as a Hobby

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Walter Clark

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Dec 17, 2021, 9:44:39 AM12/17/21
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I've noticed that sparkfun has been selling more and more sophisticated forms of GPS devices. The most important achronym is "RTK". I remember the 23b guys were into geo-puzzle things. Has that interest gone away or are there guys using these mm quality things still?

Walt


The RTK Facet joins the ranks of SparkFun's enclosed surveying tools at a fraction of the price of comparable products.

The SparkFun RTK Facet is your one stop shop for high precision geolocation and surveying needs. For basic users, it’s incredibly easy to get up and running. For advanced users, it's a flexible and powerful tool. With just a few minutes of setup, the RTK Facet is one of the fastest ways to take centimeter grade measurements. By connecting your phone to the RTK Facet over Bluetooth®, your phone can act as the radio link to provide correction data as well as receive the NMEA output from the device. This is exactly how $10,000 surveying devices have been operating for the past decade - we just made it easier, smaller, and a lot cheaper.

     

Over the last year, we have endeavored to create the most affordable, yet highly accurate, real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning options currently available. SparkFun RTK Surveyors are enclosed and ready to use GNSS receivers for millimeter-level positioning - and the best part is, no programming is required! Now, we've created a page that explains the differences in each version and makes it easy to access popular RTK Surveyor resources.

     
     

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Looking for a satellite communication board for your next project? We now have three boards that utilize the ARGOS Constellation to pick from and a handy guide to use them!

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