The Global Positioning System (GPS) has led to rapid advances in positioning accuracy and survey efficiency.  Fugro is at the forefront of these new developments with products and services that continue to set new standards.

FSME offers a range of positioning services based around differential GPS systems to suit our Clients' requirements.  The company provides wide range positioning services to Clients throughout the Middle East region, to assist in positioning ships, rigs, platforms and other installations.  Derivatives serve other marine activities, including defence (mainly in supporting hydrographic charting); telecommunications (for cable laying and repair / examination); dredging and other marine civil engineering projects; vessel tracking and fleet management.

The following systems are available from FSME:

• Starfix XP SDGPS (+/- 10 cm in x-y, +/- 15 cm in z).

• Starfix HP DGPS (+/- 20 cm in x-y, +/- 30 cm in z).

• Starfix L1 DGPS (+/- 3 m in x-y only).

• HF DGPS (Deltafix) (+/- 3m in x-y only).

Starfix DGPS Services

Fugro's state of the art STARFIX^© Differential GPS (DGPS) service has been developed specifically to meet the offshore community's demand for highly accurate positioning world-wide.

Differential GPS algorithms, developed by Fugro, remove natural and man-made errors from the US Department of Defense's orbiting satellite Global Positioning System.  Fugro's STARFIX^© DGPS service has access to more than 130 land based reference stations, with permanently manned control centres in Houston, Aberdeen and Perth.  Real-time data is delivered world-wide over a network of high and low power satellite links.

Sub-Sea Acoustic Positioning

Fugro are the world leaders in underwater positioning systems.  Using Long Baseline (LBL), Ultra Short Baseline (USBL) and combined techniques (LUSBL). Fugro provides the highest levels of accuracy for sub-sea navigation and positioning.

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