Largest GPS network for drones and agriculture launched
FreshMiners launched a GPS service that enables accurate positioning for agriculture, construction, and drone navigation.
Published on August 4, 2025
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The Dutch company FreshMiners is launching a service for extra-accurate GPS. It is intended for drone pilots, farmers, and others. With this new technology, users can correct their GPS positions down to the centimeter. Real-time correction signals are sent to the user's GPS receiver via a global network of base stations. This correction is essential for applications in agriculture, land surveying, and drone navigation, among other things.
The need for accurate positioning is growing rapidly, especially in sectors such as agriculture, construction (infrastructure), land surveying, and drone operations. In the Netherlands, 60% of arable farmers now use precision technologies such as RTK corrections for sowing, fertilizing, and harvesting. This is according to the latest figures from Wageningen University. The number of commercial drone operators is also growing by double digits every year. At the European level, the market for precision agriculture is estimated at over €3 billion in 2025, with expected annual growth of more than 10% until 2030.
A subscription gives users access to the GEODNET network, which, with more than 19,000 base stations in over 140 countries, is the largest RTK network in the world. “We want to make high-precision GPS available to a very wide audience,” says Remco, Marketing Manager at RTKsub. “Whether you work in agriculture and want to sow with precision or are a drone pilot who needs sharp aerial images, our platform gives you easy and direct access to the world's largest network of GPS correction signals.”
