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Ground based GPS stations hoped to boost mining, agriculture and Indigenous land management in Kimberley
The construction of three new satellite positioning ground stations in the Kimberley is hoped to provide a technological boost to major sectors in the region such as mining, agriculture and Indigenous land management.
Key points:
- Three new GPS ground stations are to be built in Kimberley
- Project hopes to provide more accurate location measurements
- Mining, agriculture and indigenous land management expected to benefit
The new receivers are part of a nation-wide upgrade of Australia’s Global Navigation Satellite System network, or what’s commonly called ‘GPS’, named after the satellite system owned by the United States.
The ground stations will be spaced out across Australia with new ones built in Halls Creek, Kalumburu and along the Gibb…
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