EGNOS and Galileo in Precision Agriculture

Reinhard Blasi

European GNSS Agency

Capigi, Amsterdam, 2nd April 2014

Agenda

European GNSS Agency

Status of EGNOS and Galileo

EGNSS and Precision Agriculture

Horizon 2020 and Agriculture

European GNSS Agency

Agenda

European GNNS Agency supports European Commission in Galileo programme

European

Commission

Political oversight

Programme management

Delegation

Council and

European Parliament

European GNSS

Programme Committee

Execution

European

Commission Independent

advisors

European GNSS Agency European Space Agency

Assistance and

delegation

Security accreditation

Market Development

Service management and

provision

IOV Contracts

FOC Contracts

Upstream

(space)

industry

Downstream

(applications)

industry

Security centre (GSMC)

Applications R&D programme

– Staff: 100

– Headquarter: Prague, Czech Republic

– Security monitoring centres in UK and France

– Main tasks:

• Market Development: supporting the use of EGNOS and Galileo

• Ensuring the Security of the European GNSS Programmes

• Exploitation of EGNOS

• Exploitation of Galileo

European GNSS Agency (GSA) – key figures

DOWNSTREAM VALUE CHAIN

Integrated market development for E-GNSS adoption

. .

E-GNSS USER ADOPTION

EU PUBLIC BENEFITS

Road

Aviation

Maritime

Rail

LBS

Agriculture

Mapping

Governmental

MARKET SEGMENTS

Implementation

Application development R&D User technology development Engage receiver manufacturers for

EGNSS integration Involve service providers for services

adoption Support EC regulations and policy

making Convince users and decision makers,

building adoption roadmaps

Market strategy

Market intelligence: • Market and technology

monitoring • User needs and requirements

for service development and evolution

Economic analysis: socio-economic benefits and CBA

EGNSS Value proposition/differentiators for market communication

User and value chain management (URM)

User and value chain assistance

User satisfaction measurement towards continuous improvement

Service

providers

Content &

applications

Devices Chipset,

receiver Navigation Signal

Providers

Bodies influencing

the market

Status of EGNOS and Galileo

Agenda

European satellite navigation programmes- EGNOS

Increases the accuracy of GPS positioning and provides information on its reliability

3 services (OS, SoL, EDAS)

Open Service is operational since October 2009

Safety of Life service declared operational in March 2011

Designed primarily for Aviation, widely adopted in other segments:

159 EGNOS approach procedures in 87 airports

2/3 of farmers using GNSS adopted EGNOS

EGNOS inside the EU largest road user charging scheme deployed after 2009

service declaration

Available in over 70% of commercial receivers models

An enhanced version of EGNOS is currently under development. It will offer Galileo

corrections and a wider coverage area expanding into Africa and the Middle East

Autonomous infrastructure

Highly accurate global positioning services worldwide

Under civilian control and fully interoperable with GPS

4 services (OS, CS, PRS, SAR)

Galileo is currently finalising its In-Orbit Validation (IOV) phase using an initial group of 4 satellites launched during 2011-2012

2 further additional launches foreseen for 2014

Already 30% of receiver models are Galileo ready

On 12th March 2013, Galileo passed an historic milestone for European space when the very first determination of a ground location fix was achieved

European satellite navigation programmes- Galileo

Galileo implementation plan

Galileo System Testbed v1 Validation of critical algorithms

Galileo System Testbed v2 2 initial test satellites

In-Orbit Validation 4 IOV satellites plus

ground segment

Initial Operational Capability Early Services for OS, SAR, PRS

CS Demonstrator

2003

2005

2011/2012

2014/2015

Full Operational Capability All services

2019/2020

Agenda

EGNSS and Precision Agriculture

Precision Agriculture

• Agriculture challenges:

– Rise in the demand of crops:

Population increase

Bio-fuel demand

– Limited resources

Limited increase of the cultivable land

Water shortage

Energy prizes rise

• Precision Agriculture has an answer:

– Provides:

Increase yield production

Better management of resources

– Reduces:

• Chemical pollution

• Energy consumption

• Time

EGNOS has a wide range of applications

Application

category

Application field Required

accuracy level

Arable High-value crop cultivation (e.g. potatoes and

vegetables) and/ or precision operations

(sowing and transplanting)

c.2cm

Low-value crop cultivation (e.g. cereals) and

low-accuracy operations (fertilising and

reaping)

c.1m

Dairy Individual livestock positioning and virtual

fencing

2-5m

Agro-logistic Land parcel identification/ geo-traceability, post

harvest pick-up and supervised tracking of

livestock, manure, etc.

c.2.5m

Legislation/

management

Field measurement and boundary mapping and

updating

c.2.5m

EGNOS application domain

Agriculture – technology trends and new

applications will enhance benefits for users

Technology trends Applications

EGNOS and „globalising“ SBAS

Galileo PPP solutions

Galileo OS dual frequency

EGNOS V3 (dual constellation and frequency)

Galileo CS High Precision

Synergies with remote sensing (i.e. Copernicus)

Farm machinery guidance

Variable rate applications

Biomass monitoring

Automated steering

Soil sampling

Land consolidation

Lifestock tracking

Virtual fencing

Virtual fencing

Machinery contral and asset management

CAP field boundary management

Environmental management

Fugro Seastar AS with 40 sensor stations worldwide; upgraded 16 of these stations with Galileo receivers

On the 18 of March 2013 Fugro demonstrated Real-Time PPP based solely on Galileo signals Position errors of the Galileo-only PPP solution comparable to those obtained with the

combined use of GPS and GLONASS “Noise” on the errors in the Galileo only solution is very low with respect to the

GPS+GLONASS combined solution

Switch-off of the “reception” of the GPS and GLONASS signals (i.e. blue line dropped to 4 Galileo satellites).

Components of the position error

First Real-Time Precise Point Positioning (PPP) results based solely on Galileo signals

Agriculture (1/2) Current Situation and Market Trends

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• Consolidated use of precision agriculture in developed countries, in larger farms and mostly for crop production

• Uptake of GNSS precision agriculture in less industrialized regions (accelerated by farm consolidation leading to larger fields and decreasing prices)

• Adoption of integrated applications combining earth observation and GNSS

• New potential applications besides classical ones (Machine Guidance, Automatic Steering, VRT, Asset Management):

• Harvest and biomass monitoring

• Soil sampling

• Land consolidation

• Livestock tracking

• Virtual fencing

• Boundary management

GNSS devices by region*

• Revenues will be generated mainly by automatic steering and Variable Rate Technology

• Falling prices will be an important driver for the uptake of precision agriculture

*Source: GSA Market Report 2013

Agriculture (2/2) Strategic Roadmap

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• EGNOS preferred entry technology for precision agriculture throughout Europe, Middle East and Northern Africa

• Galileo integrated in all agricultural devices, recognized as reliable and adding value

• Galileo enabled receivers as preferred solution for CAP field boundary measurements leveraging OS and CS

• Galileo – Copernicus joint adoption providing undisputed added value

• Galileo CS High Precision to be provided starting from 2016

• EGNOS V3 dual frequency and dual constellation capabilities from 2019

• Partnership with key machine manufacturers for increased visibility and credibility

• Improve market communication on specialized agricultural magazines tailoring campaigns on national level

• Integrate value proposition with Copernicus

INSTALLED BASE (M UNITS)

CAGR +17%

Where we want to be

How to get there

Agenda

Horizon 2020 and Agriculture

FP7- R&D fill technical gaps and pave the way to adoption in High Precision

Works on system to support in-field and inter-field agricultural logistics activities

Sets up a user forum to present and defend the needs of farmers in the development of GNSS applications and services

Aims at using UAV for providing farmers with (near) real time sensing information for precision agriculture applications

Promoting the benefits and opportunities of GNSS in agriculture.

Horizon 2020- New opportunities opening up in Horizon 2020 starting in less than two months

+

Horizon 2020- European GNSS applications developers are invited to apply for H2020

Galileo Call topics

1 EGNSS applications (15-20 M€) 2 SME based EGNSS applications (5-10 M€) 3 Releasing the potential of EGNSS applications through international cooperation (5- 8 M€) 4 EGNSS awareness raising, capacity building and/or promotion activities in and outside of EU (5-10 M€)

H2020 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm

Farming by Satellite Prize aims at extending the benefits of EGNOS and Galileo

• New edition launched 18 October 2013

• Open to young farmers/professionals aged <32

• 2012 edition with 100+ registrations from 25 countries

• Awarded at SIMA February 2013

Thank you!