Live · v0.4.0

Field GPS,
right in your browser.

No install, no registration, no servers. GPS coordinates from your phone are converted to the Slovak S-JTSK system (EPSG:5514) and exported to DXF (AutoCAD-compatible) or CSV. Everything runs in your phone — no data leaves the device.

PWA · installable Works offline v0.4.0 No tracking
GPS to JTSK Tracker icon

Who is it for

A hobby and working GPS tool — not a replacement for a certified surveyor.

Hobby measurers

Your own plot, fence, house, well — record positions for personal use.

Gardeners & orchard owners

Tree positions, shrubs, drainage elements in an orchard or garden.

Builders, planners

Preliminary site sketch before a certified surveyor visits.

Firefighters, foresters

Quick field position capture for later processing.

Surveyors — backup

When they don't have their gear with them and need to jot down auxiliary points.

Not a replacement for cadastral surveying. Officially recognized measurement requires a certified surveyor with calibrated equipment — this tool produces working points with ±1 to ±10 m accuracy.

How accurate is it?

Phone GPS gives you a radius of probable position — typically 1-sigma (68 % confidence).

Environment Common phone (single-freq GPS) Modern phone (L1+L5 dual-freq)
Open field, clear sky3–5 m1–2 m
Roadside, sparse trees5–10 m2–5 m
Dense forest, tree cover10–20 m5–10 m
Narrow city streets5–15 m3–6 m
Next to tall walls / under balcony20–50 m10–20 m
Indoor / fogunusableunusable

Dual-frequency (L1+L5) GPS

The newer the model, the better:

  • iPhone 14 Pro and newer
  • Google Pixel 5 and newer
  • Samsung Galaxy S20 and newer (S/Note/Ultra lines)
  • Xiaomi Mi 11+ and some other higher-end models

If you don't know whether your phone has it, install GPSTest (Android) or GPSTools (iOS) and check if you see L5 frequency in addition to L1.

What this means in practice

A pole in a field, a property fence, a tree in an orchard — a modern phone with averaging will give you about 1–3 m accuracy. Plenty for hobby and working use.

A building corner, a precise boundary stone, cadastre — not enough. You need a surveyor or a professional GNSS rover (see below).

How the app helps you get the most accuracy

Refinement mode (averaging)

On MEASURE the app collects 5, 10 or 30 seconds of GPS fixes, discards outliers (>2σ) and stores the averaged position with empirical standard deviation σ_H and σ_Z. A stationary point over 10–30 s typically reduces noise by √n — from ±3 m fixes you get ±1 m averaged.

Color-coded accuracy

🟢 ≤3 m — good
🟠 3–7 m — average
🔴 >7 m — wait for GPS to converge, or find a more open spot.

Field tips

• Hold the phone level, at least chest height.
• Wait 30–60 s after opening the app for warm-up.
• Avoid metal buildings, cars, dense tree canopies.
• If σ_H is poor, walk 1 m and back — GPS sometimes "freezes" on a bad reading.

When you need external hardware

Phone GPS has a ceiling — for higher accuracy demands, an external receiver helps.

Bluetooth GNSS receiver (1–3 m, EGNOS sub-meter)

Examples: Garmin GLO 2, Bad Elf GNSS Pro+, u-blox NEO-M9N + Bluetooth module

  • Price: €100–300
  • Accuracy: 1–3 m, with EGNOS corrections sub-meter
  • Larger, better antenna than a phone → significantly better fix under trees and in cities

Catch: the browser (Geolocation API) cannot use this device. JavaScript in a browser only has access to the phone's internal GPS — external Bluetooth GPS is OS-level and only visible to native apps with the right permissions.

To use an external receiver, you'd need a native Android version (could be added as a sibling app in the future — watch the BlueberryS Digital portfolio).

Professional RTK rover (cm accuracy)

Examples: Emlid Reach RS2/RX, Trimble R1, Stonex S70G, CHC i73

  • Price: €1,500 – €8,000
  • Accuracy: 2–4 cm horizontal, 3–6 cm vertical in real time
  • Requires an SKPOS account (Slovak positioning service — ~€200/year basic package)
  • Needs mobile data in the field for NTRIP corrections
  • Some models (Emlid) ship their own Android app exporting directly to DXF/CSV in S-JTSK

This is full geodetic gear. If you regularly need cm-level accuracy (cadastre, design documents), the investment pays off. For occasional use, hiring a certified surveyor is cheaper.

Your goal What you need Cost (one-off)
"Notes on tree positions in an orchard"Common phone + this app€0
"Rough plot perimeter"Modern phone (L1+L5) + 30 s averaging€0
"Preliminary sketch before a surveyor visit"Same€0
"Consistent sub-meter in the field"Bluetooth GNSS + a native Android app
(not yet a sibling of this PWA)
€150–300
"Cadastre, technical documentation"RTK rover + SKPOS, or a surveyor€2,000+ one-off
or €200–500/job

What this app doesn't do

Honest list — this isn't an RTK rover.

Features at a glance

Privacy

Stays in the user's hands.

Installation

The app needs no installation in the classical sense — just open the link in your phone browser.

For offline use and a home-screen icon:

Android (Chrome)

⋮ menu → "Add to Home screen"

iPhone (Safari)

Share icon → "Add to Home Screen"

Once added, the app feels native — its own icon, fullscreen, offline-capable (the full app is downloaded on first visit).

Ready to measure?

Open the app, allow location access, tap MEASURE.

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