Swiss Positioning Service swipos
The Swiss Positioning Service swipos provides the official spatial reference frame of Switzerland, based on the satellite systems GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Beidou.

swipos is based on the automatic GNSS network Switzerland (AGNES), a network of continuously operating reference stations (CORS), covering all of Switzerland. swipos enables differential GNSS measurements of highest accuracy without the need to run private CORS.
The calculations use the four global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Beidou. To increase the GNSS-accuracy of 5-10 m, the correction service swipos uses a virtual reference station (VRS), which is interpolated for the current user position based on measurements from the surrounding ANGES stations. This method enables swipos-GIS/GEO to determine the position in real-time with a cm-range accuracy.
Name |
Description |
Accuracy |
Applications |
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swipos-GIS/GEO |
The high precision RTK (real-time-kinematic) positioning service provides data from the AGNES CORS network as virtual reference stations via GSM for realtime applications |
horizontal: vertical: |
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swipos- |
Download of RINEX files, either from a CORS or for a virtual reference station for post-processing in suitable software tools. |
Varies, mm-cm |
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swipos-INFRA |
RINEX data from a single AGNES station in realtime as raw stream fort he use in a suitable computation software. |
Varies, a few cm |
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swipos-NAV |
Correction data from a combined reference station near Luzern, sent via GSM |
horizontal: 2 m vertical: |
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Availability
- The positioning services are available 24/7
- The services are monitored during the opening hours of swisstopo
- There is no guarantee that the services are running without errors or interruptions
During the year 2021 swipos-GIS/GEO was unavailable for 6 minutes.
swipos Shop
The swipos shop at https://shop.swipos.ch offers you:
- Account administration
- Current status of swipos and information about planned maintenance works
- Visualisation of current geometric and atmospheric errors
- Download of RINEX files of AGNES stations or a virtual reference station for post processing
Links
P.O. Box
3084 Wabern
- Tel.
- +41 58 469 01 11
Opening hours
Monday to Thursday
7.45 to 11.45 a.m.
1.30 to 5 p.m.
Friday
7.45 to 11.45 a.m.
1.30 to 4 p.m.
Technical support
Phone: +41 58 469 01 21
Administration
Questions concerning registration, orders, billing: