Glonass satellite navigation system of Russia is not yet complete nor offers full coverage like U.S.’ GPS but that will soon change in the next couple of years since Russia has committed to complete the project (like other nations).

Once that is done that can only mean one thing for you: Better and faster position fix! Of course you’ll need a device that can receive and understand these signals - which won’t be the same signal as those coming from GPS satellites.

That’s why we already have a market for dual receivers. GlonassCentral already has 3 antennas and 3 boards that has the hardware to receive signals from both Glonass and GPS satellites with prices ranging from $21 to $4200.

These dual receiver are not yet for retail yet but we look forward to days when sat nav system manufacturers will use lines like: “now works with Glonass!”, “dual receivers for better reception” to sell their devices.

Original post by Tim Robbins