RTK status

Our RTK product assesses the effect of the ionosphere on the Real Time Kinematic positioning technique. This effect depends on small-scale gradients in the ionosphere. Our service assesses the effect of such gradients on RTK precision: in a first step, we measure, in real time, the small-scale ionospheric activity using a software developed at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium. In a second step, we assess the effect of the measured ionosphere activity on RTK using a colour scale:

green

low ionospheric variability – no degradation of RTK precision due to the ionosphere

yellow

the ionosphere is active – small degradations of the RTK precision are expected

orange

severe to extreme ionospheric activity – strong degradations of RTK precision are expected

red

extreme ionospheric variability – positioning with RTK is severely degraded or is even not possible