State Office for Geoinformation and Surveying (LGV)

Satellite positioning service

Official GNSS satellite positioning service of the State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation Schleswig-Holstein and the State Office for Geoinformation and Surveying Hamburg.

Detailed description

You need data for location determination and navigation using satellites (GNSS).


The state-owned company provides correction data of varying accuracy levels as well as post-processing data (RINEX formats) for diverse applications.



SAPOS.GeoNord, a cooperation between the German states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, is part of the nationwide SAPOS service of the German state surveying agency.


SAPOS.GeoNord offers you corresponding correction and post-processing data in standardized formats for all tasks in geodetic spatial reference, in order to increase the accuracy of GNSS measurements.


SAPOS.GeoNord provides you with the following services:

  • High-precision real-time positioning service (HEPS)
  • Reduced high-precision real-time positioning service (R-HEPS SH)
  • Real-time positioning service Open Data
  • Geodetic Postprocessing Positioning Service (GPPS)
  • Online Calculation Service (GPPS-PrO)
 

Information

Prerequisites

  • suitable receiving devices
  • Registration

Documents required

no

Please note

There are no special features to note.

Deadlines

no

Procedure

For registration see link Satellite Positioning Service SAPOS Registration

Processing time

no

Fees

no

Legal remedies

No legal remedy is provided.

Legal basis

Hamburg Law on Surveying (HmbVermG)


https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-NNLHH0000668A




Resolution of the Working Committee of the Surveying and Mapping Authorities of the Federal States of the Federal Republic of Germany (AdV)

Forms and downloads

Links on hamburg.de

Links on the Internet

Address and contact information

State Office for Geoinformation and Surveying (LGV)

Department V 3 Remote Sensing and Spatial Reference

Mon-Wed 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Thu 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

We have a limited number of customer parking spaces. To reserve a parking space, please contact our receptionist by e-mail at zugang@bsw.hamburg.de or by telephone on +49 40 428 40 - 50 50. Our working hours are: Monday to Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m , Friday from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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Keywords: Differential Global Positioning System GPS SAPOS Global positioning system Satellite navigation SAPOS.GeoNord Real time kinematic RTK Receiver Independent Exchange Format RINEX Post-processing geodetic positioning service GPPS High-precision real-time positioning service HEPS Real-time positioning service EPS Ntrip BDS Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS Galileo GLONASS Reference station

Last updated: 12.09.2026