Swift Navigation expands RTK positioning across Western Europe

Swift Navigation‘s Skylark Precise Positioning Service now offers continuous two-centimeter accuracy across Western Europe, enabling the deployment of reliable consumer robots and digital mapping solutions.

Autonomous robots and field mapping applications require precise positioning to operate efficiently; traditional RTK solutions can often struggle, forcing robotics manufacturers to use local base stations or fragmented networks, which can lead to coverage gaps and inconsistent performance. Field teams in utilities and construction also require survey-grade accuracy without the high costs of professional equipment.

Skylark addresses these issues by delivering accuracy across geographic areas, eliminating the need for base stations or switching between providers. Skylark uses a proprietary atmospheric model that compensates for ionospheric and tropospheric effects in real-time. The carrier-grade network, operated by mobile network providers, ensures reliability across regions.

Skylark is available in three variants — Nx RTK, Cx, and Dx — designed to meet varying requirements for accuracy, power consumption, data transmission and cost. The Skylark Nx RTK delivers one-to-two centimeter accuracy across 28 countries in Western Europe and seven countries in Eastern Europe. Compatible with standard RTK receivers and supported by portals for credential management, licensing and usage analytics, Skylark Nx RTK integrates high-precision positioning into existing devices and workflows.