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title: "Positioning Without Satellites Or Base Stations"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/positioning-without-satellites-or-base-stations-kqcwvb66i
source_url: https://hackaday.com/2026/07/01/positioning-without-satellites-or-base-stations
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source: "Hackaday"
published: 2026-07-01T20:07:20.468Z
updated: 2026-07-01T20:07:37.551Z
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# Positioning Without Satellites Or Base Stations

**[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Terra is an open-source positioning system that uses FM broadcast transmitters as fixed reference points instead of dedicated satellites or land-based navigation beacons. It works by having internet-connected reference receivers share timing data online, allowing a client receiver (a software-defined radio and a computer) to calculate position. A demo is currently running in Denver, and the system is accessible to anyone with a group of internet-connected friends willing to set up reference receivers.

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