Does it matter where I am relative to an OmniSTAR Base Station?
A. No, within reason. OmniSTAR uses a unique Wide Area Solution that gives a constant fix quality, regardless of the user’s location. Every user set uses correction data from all OmniSTAR Base Stations, but the correction data from each Base Station is weighted relative to the user’s location. It’s all done within the user’s equipment, so that every user gets an optimized correction – for his unique location. Some other systems have a less than optimal solution that forces a user to use corrections calculated for a number of fixed locations, where the user set picks the nearest one. That type of solution has a built-in user error of approximately 1-meter for every 100 miles from the fixed location. The global network of OmniSTAR reference sites means that in most areas of operation (North America, Europe, Australia, East Asia, etc.) there is appropriate data available. In very remote areas, such as mid-Ocean islands or in Central Asia, then the OmniSTAR XP solution is recommended.
