New Technology for Positioning

Locata – An Introduction

ChinterGeo 27 October 2014

Nunzio Gambale – CEO

It is a pleasure to be invited here to…

introduce our revolutionary new technology

and the opportunity it brings to our Chinese friends

The Company

• Locata is an Australian Company

• Founded by David Small andNunzio Gambale in 1997

• Our company began when we walked inside with a GPS and it stopped working!

• We knew even in 1997 this was a problem which HAD TO BE FIXED for future apps

• We foresaw the problems satellite systemshave to deliver very high accuracy andunfailing reliability indoors & in urban areas

The Reality of GNSS

The Problem Today

“GNSS islikeSwisscheese…

Actual customer quote.

… it’s full of holes”

GNSS coverage in modern applications

has MANY HOLES!!

How to fix this problem?

Locata is a new ground-based network delivering

COMPLETELY INDEPENDENTPOSITION, NAVIGATION & TIME

exactly the same as GNSS

A World First

Our Achievement

Locata is the first and only technologywhich can replicate GNSS –

on the ground.

IMPORTANT!!

A New Technology

Locata has invented a technology that replicates a

GPS satellite constellation – locally, on the ground

So… for any area a customer wants to cover, Locata

looks the same locally as GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, etc.

In a suitable receiver, Locata is used in the GNSS navigation solution as “just another constellation”

BUT CRITICALLY…The Locata “Local Constellation” is under local control, and may be deployed at any power, any frequency

or any density that your application needs.

= your own GPS

What Locata has DONE!Locata can “fill in”the holes where needed – locally!

Ubiquitous positioningthat lookslike GPS

= GNSSeverywhere!

Fixed the problem

FOUNDATION: of new enabling technology

UNIQUE: world-first device

Meet a LocataLite

US$200 million satellite – but on the ground!

INCREDIBLE: does the same job as a

UNIQUE: world-first device

FOUNDATION: of new enabling technology

REMARKABLE: nanosecond synchronization

Meet a LocataLite

WITHOUT ATOMIC CLOCKS!

1 nanosecond level

= Synchronization

Invented TimeLoc

The Key Technology Advance

Our Achievement

Key Locata Facts

• Transmitted signals “look just like GNSS”

• Transmits today: 2.4GHz band – Wi-Fi band

• Signals in a Locata network are over 10 million times stronger than GNSS signals

• Full control of how many signals your application receives. Up to 200 today!!

• Transmitters can be many km apart!

• Network layout is extremely flexible and delivers cm-accurate position solutions

Simply an augmentation to satellites

Dependent on GNSS to operate

DGPS, RTK, AGPS, WAAS…..

A pseudolite or “simple transmitter”

Locata IS NOT…

Full, stand-alone “Local Constellation”

Usable for myriad apps – just like GNSS

Total local control to decide availability

Integrates perfectly with GNSS

Locata IS…

Key Locata Facts

Technology Papers

• There are MANY academic& industry papers whichexplain Locata & TimeLoc

• Much research published by Professor Chris Rizos and his teamat University of New South Wales

• Interested readers can download papers and articles from Universityand Locata websites

Newmont Boddington Gold Mine -

one of the world’s biggest Gold Mines

High-accuray GNSS fails very often in this environment!

Example Use

Mine Machine Automation

Example Use

Newmont Boddington Gold Mine -

one of the world’s biggest Gold Mines

Mine Machine Automation

Machine automation MUST HAVE superb reliability!

Fully autonomous mine truck

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Typical, easy mine site deployment –

generally performed by the miners

without surveyor assistance

Locata Antenna Mast

LocataLite in Trailer

Mine Machine Solution

LocataLite

LocataLite

LocataLite

LocataLite

LocataLite

LocataLite

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LocataLite

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LocataLite

Newmont Boddington Gold Mine

near Perth, Western Australia –

initial LocataNet layout

Mine Machine Solution

And the Result?

Typical Day-by-Day Performance in Mine

GNSSLocata

Locata

GNSS

NO HOLES!!

Fully integrated COMBINED solution… GNSS+LIMPORTANT! Seamless transition from GNSS to Locata

A World First

Famous brandGNSS+Locata

Receiver

Other brandscoming!

Award Winner

Mining Magazine Product of the Year

Just 3 months after market launch!

MORE EXAMPLES

• UAV’s for USAF• Auto vehicle automation• Port machine automation• TIME TRANSFER!• Structural deformation

Outdoor-Indoor-Industrial-Military-Survey-Consumer

Case Studies

Master LocataLite site

“UHARS 7”

USAF White Sands LocataNet

over 6,500 sq. km when GPS jammed!

USAF Locata System

New Mexico, USA

USAF White Sands LocataNet

over 6,500 sq. km when GPS jammed!

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A LocataLiteSlave site

Master LocataLiteat site “UHARS 7”

USAF Locata System

New Mexico, USA

746th

Test Squadron Aircraft fitted with

Locata antenna and receiver

Locata Antenna

USAF Locata System

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Example Flight

Locata Signal acquired &tracked at

more than

62.2 km

< 6cm

accurate!

Results for USAF

UAV Back-up Zone

Example IllustrationWashington DC

Back-up UAV Aerial Surveillance

UAV operations in completely GNSS jammed area –

just like USAF at White Sands Missile Range

GNSS Jamming!!

Autonomous Vehicles

• CAR INDUSTRY for collision avoidance

Installed at Vehicle Research Centre(world-leading test facility - Virginia USA)

cm-level position for car: outdoor & indoor

Locata Receiver for all positioning

Port Automation

Machine Automation

High-accuracy GNSS fails very often in this environment!

New Locata Antenna!

1. Locata: new antenna for high multipath

2. Will be fitted to typical AGV in ports

3. Delivers cm-level, survey-grade positions

to the AGV’s where other radio-based

systems are extremely unreliable

Locata VRayAntenna

New Locata Antenna!

Locata VRayAntenna

Synchronization

• TIME TRANSFER at nanosecond level

Already demonstrated ≈ 73 km radius(cover infrastructure over ≈16,500 km²)

For cell tower synchronization and other precise time for large areas (e.g. city-wide)

For synchronization of comms systems inGNSS-denied environments.

Unprecedented, world-first capabilities

Locata Delivers GNSS Timing Functions!

Urban Time Distribution

Example Illustration in NY:

Nanosecond Time Backup

+ Locata ‘Augment’ GPSLocata Nanosecond

Time Distribution

Deformation Monitoring

First TestsTemporary set-up –

FAST!

Locata Antenna Mast

Deformation Monitoring

REAL WORLD RESULTS10 hour monitor: Dam Deformation Application

Locata transmitters up to ~3 km away

1 cm circle

Mean error - 29,000 measurements:Eastings: 0.8 mmNorthings: 0.2 mm

10 hour scatter plot

10 cm circle

Locata Advances

Q: Why is Locata Importantto the Positioning Industry?

A: It solves many of the

serious problems which space-based positioning cannot overcome

Locata Advances

GNSS: Extremely weak signal - easy

to block/jam/spoof/accidentally interfere

LOCATA: Increase power to the level

required to overcome jammer!

GNSS: Cannot guarantee enough number

of satellite signals available at any time

LOCATA: “You design what you need ”

Today up to 200 Locata signals at once!!

Locata Advances

GNSS: Global infrastructure is critically

dependent on “superb clock in space”

LOCATA: Time synchronization is our

core technology. Nanosecond-level time distribution without cables!

GNSS: Space-based - so very expensive

to design, launch, maintain, modernise…

LOCATA: Inexpensive nodes create “GNSS

hotspot”. Infinitely cheaper than satellites!

Locata Advances

GNSS: Takes 15-30 YEARS for a satellite

system to be changed or “modernise”. This is a period of time which is a HUGE problem!

LOCATA: Can evolve RAPIDLY. Certainly

much, much faster than GNSS!

GNSS: Civilian signals are not secure –

no encryption or authentication available

LOCATA: Easily encrypted; public & secure

signals can be transmitted at the same time

Sept 2014

Front Cover

Professional

Surveyor Magazine

Locata is given

superb

industry

validation

“Locata is poised

to profoundly change the world

of positioning, navigation and

timing ”

The Next Generation of Positioning Technology

MUST be a combination of Satellite + Terrestrial

GNSS + Locata = GPS 2.0!

For the industry…

NEW CAPABILITY

TO LOCALLY

AUGMENT OR

REPLACE GNSS

Locata is

A New Positioning

Tool

• OPPORTUNITY! The above are justa few examples of the many revolutionary new products which can be developed byour partners with technology Locata hasALREADY CREATED and COMMERCIALIZED

• LOCATA: is now, for the first time,AVAILABLE TO OUR PARTNERS…including Chinese integrators

• Contact me for information

Partners Welcome

Contact Details

Nunzio GambaleCo-Founder, Chairman and CEO

LOCATA CORPORATION PTY LTD

111 Canberra Avenue, Griffith, ACT

Australia 2603

: +61-2-6126-5700

enquiry@locatacorp.com

More information is available by visiting the Locata website.