Verizon has launched a satellite-based precise positioning service with accuracy in centimetres. Hyper Precise Location (HPL) can be paired with 4G and 5G to provide high accuracy for autonomous technologies.

HPL is software as a service (SaaS) that provides a stream of real-time global navigation satellite system (GNSS) correction data to device receivers, enabling location accuracy within 1-2 centimetres, for users on 5G and 4G networks. This can enable high-scale, low-cost, centimetre-level location capabilities for industries such as automotive, HD-mapping, robotics, construction, and smart agriculture. HPL does not store or share user location data.

HPL can support emerging technologies that depend on high-level location accuracy, such as delivery drones, and advanced IoT applications, such as infrastructure monitoring, critical asset tracking, and high value shipping.

HPL embraces open delivery standards including RTCM for its data streams, with others to be added on a rolling basis. IoT devices using HPL can be accessed and managed through a user API and the ThingSpace IoT management platform. Support resources on ThingSpace includes details on API integration and coverage availability.

“Hyper Precise Location stands to boost or enable next-gen technologies across industries, from intelligent-driving to drone delivery to highly automated operations within construction, agriculture, and much more,” said TJ Fox, SVP of Industrial IoT and Automotive for Verizon Business. “HPL’s fast expanding coverage area, API friendliness, privacy protection, and use of open-delivery standards make it ideal for developers and customers demanding precision and flexibility.”