- Positioning and Navigation Systems
- Guidance and Machine Control Systems
- Precision GPS Receivers and Antennas
Hemisphere GPS designs and manufactures innovative, cost-effective GPS and complimentary products for positioning, guidance, and machine control applications. In the last 20 years, we have established numerous patents and other intellectual property. Hemisphere GPS is a global company with sales in more than 35 countries. As a pioneer and leader in precision agriculture, our application-focused designs allow us to offer affordable centimeter precision technology integrated with flexible, intelligent machine guidance and control. Our popular Outback Guidance® products focus on tractor guidance, automated steering, mapping and precision application of seed or chemicals. Hemisphere GPS leads in the aerial applicator market with new guidance systems and automated flow and gate control. Our innovative GPS receiver and antenna technology are sold on the board level to OEM integrators and as positioning and navigation components for use in marine, mapping, survey applications and more. Hemisphere GPS has succeeded by offering the right level of technology for the application. We provide application specific solutions that directly improve performance so that customers immediately realize the benefits and value. The Company is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with major product development, sales and marketing facilities in Arizona, Kansas and Australia. Hemisphere GPS is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) trading under the symbol “HEM” and is one of the TSX Cleantech designated companies.
Technology
Our Crescent® GPS receivers have a established a new benchmark for performance, versatility and value. A variety of accuracy and feature options include Differential GPS (DGPS) accuracies of 60cm to our centimeter-level RTK solutions. Patented GPS features such as e-Dif® and COAST™ are also available. The same performance is available in our patented Crescent Vector™ products. They operate as a GPS compass, processing GPS data from two antennas to deliver accurate heading that is required for many machine guidance and control applications. Eclipse™ multi-GNSS technology delivers the highest level of performance and versatility with GPS and GLONASS support. Horizontal accuracies of one centimeter are possible through RTK or post-processed solutions. Eclipse technology provides the ability to track and process a wide range of GNSS signals including current and modernized GPS, GLONASS, SBAS and the future Galileo system signals. Our GNSS positioning and heading technology is coupled with other sensors to provide machine guidance and control solutions with our Celestia® Connecting Technology. Celestia is an advanced software platform patented by Hemisphere GPS that can be applied to a full spectrum of machine control applications. The technology interfaces seamlessly into a range of vehicle steering and control systems, providing unsurpassed reliability and accuracy in the machine control market.
Our business groups include:
Hemisphere GPS Ground Agriculture products help to minimize costs and maximize yields. Our patented GNSS (GPS and GLONASS) solutions provide sub-meter to centimeter accuracy and automated control. This reduces the potential for skips or overlaps and enables our customers to apply seed and chemicals only where they are needed. Hemisphere GPS aerial applications division specializes in the design and manufacturing of precision guidance, tracking and flow control products for applications such as row crop spraying, pest control, forest management and firefighting operations. Our Outback Guidance products focus on tractor guidance, automated control and mapping for various precision agriculture operations. All products are easy to operate and deliver a quick return on investment.
Our GNSS Precision products are focused on marine, land survey and mapping, and OEM solutions. Through high precision positioning and heading components we address a wide variety of location-based requirements, including hydrographic surveying, navigation, GIS data collection and mapping, marine dredging, machine control, and other applications that require reliable real-time sub-meter centimeter positioning.
Significant productivity, job quality, workflow and profitability gains are being realized through GPS (GNSS) and complimentary machine guidance and control technology. Contractors, operators, third party stakeholders and ultimately the client for earthworks projects all benefit from these hardware and IT driven efficiencies. Hemisphere GPS’ innovative, cost-effective technologies fit a variety of applications and business segments – from excavation to automated steering to snow grooming – we develop solutions to fit the need.