Category Archives: Glonass

Glonass – what is it?

Many navigation systems and smartphones support the Russian satellite navigation system Glonass , which was initially developed only for military purposes. It has now also been released for civil use and can be used worldwide. The satellite-based positioning process from Russia is operated by the Ministry of Defense there; the abbreviation stands for “Globalnaja nawigazionnaja sputnikovaja sistema” which means something like: Global Navigation Satellite […]