RTK2go, Centipede or a managed RTK network?

With a contributed station, its host controls the physical installation, electricity and internet connection. If the host switches it off, replaces equipment or relocates the antenna, your correction source may disappear or change. Unless you have an arrangement with that operator, do not assume you will receive advance notice.

Centipede monitors outages and notifies base operators, but its terms do not promise continuous availability. They also place responsibility on users to validate data for critical applications. Read Centipede’s service terms.

With our managed farm-base package, you own the base and have a direct support relationship with us. Contact us before moving the antenna so its configuration and position can be checked.

A receiver can produce precise relative positioning while its absolute position is offset because the base coordinates are wrong. Moving an antenna without updating its coordinates can introduce the same problem. Emlid explains how base coordinates affect rover position.

For farming, this makes base stability and coordinate consistency important when returning to saved guidance lines. This applies to paid and free services alike; a subscription alone does not establish accuracy.

For an installation in Great Britain, ask how the base coordinates were established and checked against the appropriate reference. Being listed on a community network does not, by itself, establish an Ordnance Survey reference check.

Centipede has published positioning and validation procedures. A base can be accurately positioned using other recognised methods, so it would be misleading to describe every community base as uncalibrated. Centipede’s requirements describe its evidence and positioning reports.

Our managed farm-base package includes calibration against the Ordnance Survey network. OS Net provides the national GNSS reference infrastructure for Great Britain.

We provide corrections across agricultural equipment brands that accept compatible NTRIP RTK. The receiver model, manufacturer unlocks, correction format and internet connection still need checking.

For any service, also check the distance to the base, satellite visibility and correction continuity in your fields. A nearby base listed on a map is a starting point, not a complete compatibility or coverage check. Read the NTRIP requirements.