How Galileo improves farming: effects on existing and near future GNSS applications and services in agriculture

Galileo, the new European global satellite navigation system (GNSS), is likely to enhance adoption of precision agriculture since improved accuracy, availability, reliability and continuity of the Signal in Space (SIS) will take away some of the current introduction thresholds. These differentiating features of Galileo are important for the development of most precision agriculture applications. In this paper, the Galileo satellite constellation is described and the effects that it will have for the use of satellite navigation are outlined. The agricultural user community is described and its motives for adopting GNSS are outlined as a framework for the adoption of precision agriculture applications.