Australia’s multi-GNSS positioning future

ASEG ACT branch Tech Talk given on 24th October 2024 by Simon McClusky. Abstract: Satellite navigation and positioning has become a critical component of a modern economy. Economic analysis indicates that an Australian Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) will bring over $6 billion of benefits over the coming 30 years. It is in this context that Australia has been developing a modernised national positioning infrastructure with a focus on open services, data and software. This presentation will overview Australia’s approach to developing positioning infrastructure and will cover our SBAS Program, our open-source multi-Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Ginan software toolkit, and our open GNSS data and positioning products environment, which we anticipate will create an internationally unique environment for enabling the adoption and development of location-based technology and applications.