Point One Navigation

Point One Navigation supplies precision positioning technology built around a professionally managed GNSS corrections network and accompanying software. Its product line spans an RTK and SSR corrections network drawing on thousands of remotely managed and actively monitored base stations, a GraphQL-based Point One API for integrating and accessing location data, a positioning engine that applies sensor fusion to compute device position with or without open-sky visibility, and industrial-grade reference systems shipped ready to use for development work.

The company positions these components as a combined location platform that can be configured per application, pairing GNSS corrections with dead reckoning so that accuracy is maintained when satellite visibility is obstructed. Location data produced by the platform can be consumed through Point One's own web applications or through customer-built applications via the API. Stated performance claims include accuracy roughly 100 times better than standalone GNSS and 99% network uptime.

Alongside its products, Point One runs FUSE, a conference series for location technology and robotics engineers, with editions held in San Francisco (Foundry SF) and Toulouse (Orange Toulouse).

Business model

Point One sells access to its corrections network and positioning software to companies embedding precision location in their products, offering free trials and subscription-based GNSS corrections, including on-demand single-license subscriptions for operators with only a small number of devices, alongside consultative work to integrate its positioning engine into a customer's specific application.

Subscription access to GNSS corrections, including on-demand single-license subscriptions, plus software and reference-system offerings sold to product companies.

Traction

Public case studies cover deployments in autonomous landscaping (Scythe Robotics), underground utility mapping (ProStar PointMan, reporting a 97% reduction in utility strikes), precision agriculture (Agra-GPS, Latitude GPS), municipal infrastructure assessment (Cyvl), autonomous heavy machinery (AIM), motorcycle racing, and a more than five-year ADAS collaboration with a leading automotive manufacturer.

Latest developments

Recent company blog activity covers guidance on where a positioning engine should run, autonomous tractor operation on Point One corrections with Latitude GPS, and French-language material on centimeter-level RTK corrections for agricultural dealerships. The FUSE conference series is scheduled for Toulouse in October and San Francisco in November.