Swift Navigation and Bad Elf have announced a partnership to deliver a complete, turnkey solution for high volume and high precision GIS data collection. GIS data enables workers across industries to create precise digital maps (showing the location of buried infrastructure, for example) that improve worker safety and efficiency in construction, utilities, and environmental management.
The combination of BadElf’s GNSS receivers with Swift’s high-accuracy precise positioning solutions, field teams can capture centimeter-accurate location data on a tablet or smartphone. This enables field teams to more quickly and safely perform maintenance, dig trenches, and avoid hazards like high-voltage wires.
“We are thrilled to partner with Bad Elf to bring centimeter-accurate positioning to GIS professionals around the world” said Holger Ippach, Executive Vice President of Product & Marketing at Swift Navigation. “This partnership advances our shared mission to harness the power of precision to unlock affordable mass market solutions that improve safety and efficiency across industries.”
Swift’s Skylark Precise Positioning Service is a cloud-based GNSS corrections service that enables accurate and reliable positioning for location-based products around the world. Skylark is offered in multiple variants to unlock the broadest possible array of use cases, each with varying requirements for accuracy, coverage, power consumption, and cost.
Bad Elf provides high performance GNSS receivers built for modern GIS mapping applications. Bad Elf’s line of Flex and Flex Mini receivers stream location data to any Bluetooth equipped device, including Apple, Android, and Windows, enabling GIS professionals to break free from vendor lock-in. When paired with Skylark, Bad Elf receivers deliver accuracy down to one centimeter and a fix within seconds. The combined solution is ideal for field workers who need reliable high-accuracy positioning with a simple and easy-to-use interface.
“Bad Elf is committed to democratizing GNSS data so GIS professionals can independently collect spatial data and leverage the rapidly expanding marketplace of GIS applications,” said Larry Fox, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Bad Elf. “By partnering with Swift Navigation, our customers now have more flexibility to deploy solutions that deliver the precision they need for their unique requirements.”
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