Locata is an Australian company that has developed a revolutionary new positioning technology called Locata that can replicate GPS signals locally on the ground. Locata transmits highly accurate positioning signals that are over 10 million times stronger than GPS signals, allowing it to provide continuous positioning coverage indoors and in areas where GPS fails. Locata has many applications including for machine automation in mines, ports, and for vehicles. It also enables precise time synchronization without cables at the nanosecond level.

1. Locata – An Introduction
ChinterGeo 27 October 2014
New Technology for Positioning
Nunzio Gambale – CEO

2. It is a pleasure to be invited here to…
introduce our revolutionary new technology
and the opportunity it brings to our Chinese friends

3. The Company
• Locata is an Australian Company
• Founded by David Small and
Nunzio 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 systems
have to deliver very high accuracy and
unfailing reliability indoors & in urban areas

4. The Reality of GNSS
The Problem Today
GNSS coverage in modern applications
has MANY HOLES!!
“GNSS is
like
Swiss
cheese…
… it’s full of holes”
Actual customer quote.
How to fix this problem?

5. Our Achievement
A World First
Locata is a new
ground-based network delivering
COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT
POSITION, NAVIGATION & TIME
exactly the same as GNSS
IMPORTANT!!
Locata is the first and only technology
which can replicate GNSS –
on the ground.

6. A New Technology
= your own GPS
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.

7. Fixed the problem
What Locata has DONE!
Locata can “fill in”
the holes where
needed – locally!
Ubiquitous
positioning
that looks
like GPS
= GNSS
everywhere!

8. Meet a LocataLite
UNIQUE: world-first device
INCREDIBLE: does the same job as a
US$FOUNDATION: 200 million of satellite new enabling – but on technology
the ground!

9. Meet a LocataLite
UNIQUE: world-first device
REMARKABLE: nanosecond synchronization
FOUNDATION: of new enabling technology

10. Our Achievement
The Key Technology Advance
= Synchronization
Invented TimeLoc
1 nanosecond level
WITHOUT ATOMIC CLOCKS!

11. 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

12. Key Locata Facts
Locata IS NOT…
 Simply an augmentation to satellites
 Dependent on GNSS to operate
 DGPS, RTK, AGPS, WAAS…..
 A pseudolite or “simple transmitter”
Locata IS…
 Full, stand-alone “Local Constellation”
 Usable for myriad apps – just like GNSS
 Total local control to decide availability
 Integrates perfectly with GNSS

13. Technology Papers
• There are MANY academic
& industry papers which
explain 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 University
and Locata websites

14. Example Use
Mine Machine Automation
Newmont Boddington Gold Mine -
one of the world’s biggest Gold Mines
High-accuray GNSS fails very often in this environment!

15. Example Use
Mine Machine Automation
Newmont Boddington Gold Mine -
one of the world’s biggest Gold Mines
Machine automation MUST HAVE superb reliability!
Fully autonomous mine truck

16. Mine Machine Solution
16
Typical, easy mine site deployment –
generally performed by the miners
without surveyor assistance
Locata Antenna Mast
LocataLite in Trailer

17. LocataLite
LocataLite
LocataLite
LocataLite
LocataLite
LocataLite
LocataLite
LocataLite
LocataLite
LocataLite
LocataLite
LocataLite
Newmont Boddington Gold Mine
near Perth, Western Australia –
initial LocataNet layout
Mine Machine Solution

18. And the Result?
NO HOLES!!
Typical Day-by-Day Performance in Mine
GNSS
Locata
Locata
GNSS

19. A World First
Famous brand
GNSS+Locata
Receiver
Other brands
coming!
Fully integrated COMBINED solution… GNSS+L
IMPORTANT! Seamless transition from GNSS to Locata

20. Award Winner
Just 3 months after market launch!
Mining Magazine Product of the Year

21. Case Studies
MORE EXAMPLES
Outdoor-Indoor-Industrial-Military-Survey-Consumer
• UAV’s for USAF
• Auto vehicle automation
• Port machine automation
• TIME TRANSFER!
• Structural deformation

22. Master LocataLite site
“UHARS 7”
USAF Locata System
New Mexico, USA
USAF White Sands LocataNet
over 6,500 sq. km when GPS jammed!

23. USAF White Sands LocataNet
over 6,500 sq. km when GPS jammed!
•
A LocataLite
Slave site
USAF Locata System
Master LocataLite
at site “UHARS 7”
New Mexico, USA

24. 746th Test Squadron Aircraft fitted with
Locata antenna and receiver
Locata Antenna
USAF Locata System

25. 25
Results for USAF
Example Flight
Locata Signal
acquired &
tracked at
more than
62.2 km
< 6cm
accurate!

26. UAV Back-up Zone
Example Illustration
Washington DC
Back-up UAV Aerial Surveillance
UAV operations in completely GNSS jammed area –
just like USAF at White Sands Missile Range
GNSS Jamming!!

27. 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

28. Machine Automation
Port Automation
High-accuracy GNSS fails very often in this environment!

29. 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 VRay
Antenna

30. New Locata Antenna!
Locata VRay
Antenna

31. Synchronization
Locata Delivers GNSS Timing Functions!
• 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 in
GNSS-denied environments.
 Unprecedented, world-first capabilities

32. Urban Time Distribution
Example Illustration in NY:
Nanosecond Time Backup
+ Locata ‘Augment’ GPS
Locata Nanosecond
Time Distribution

33. Deformation Monitoring
First Tests
Temporary set-up –
FAST!
Locata Antenna Mast

34. Deformation Monitoring
REAL WORLD RESULTS
10 hour monitor: Dam Deformation Application
Locata transmitters up to ~3 km away
10 cm circle
1 cm circle
Mean error - 29,000 measurements:
Eastings: 0.8 mm
Northings: 0.2 mm
10 hour scatter plot

35. Locata Advances
Q: Why is Locata Important
to the Positioning Industry?
A: It solves many of the
serious problems which
space-based positioning
cannot overcome

36. 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!!

37. 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!

38. 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

39. 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”

40. GNSS + Locata = GPS 2.0!
The Next Generation of Positioning Technology
MUST be a combination of Satellite + Terrestrial

41. For the industry…
Locata is
A New
Positioning
Tool
NEW CAPABILITY
TO LOCALLY
AUGMENT OR
REPLACE GNSS

42. Partners Welcome
• OPPORTUNITY! The above are just
a few examples of the many revolutionary
new products which can be developed by
our partners with technology Locata has
ALREADY CREATED and COMMERCIALIZED
• LOCATA: is now, for the first time,
AVAILABLE TO OUR PARTNERS…
including Chinese integrators
• Contact me for information

43. Contact Details
Nunzio Gambale
Co-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.