For precision ag robotics teams, cost structure is often just as limiting as position accuracy. Running your own RTK base station means paying for infrastructure year-round, even though fieldwork is inherently seasonal: intense during planting and harvest, quiet the rest of the year. That mismatch between fixed infrastructure costs and variable field demand has made high-precision autonomy a harder business case than it should be.
u-blox is closing that gap. The company has announced that its PointPerfect Flex GNSS correction service now covers New Zealand, extending a footprint that already spans Victoria, Tasmania, and sections of New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia and Darwin. Instead of maintaining a base station or committing to always-on infrastructure through high annual fees, operators pay for correction service only when equipment is actually in the field. For developers and fleet operators working across Australasia, it also means one correction service and one integration path, regardless of which side of the Tasman the equipment ends up.
Why This Matters for Precision Ag
Autonomous tractors, spray rigs, and field robots all depend on knowing their position accurately and continuously, but the demand for that accuracy isn't constant. It spikes during planting and harvest windows and drops off in between. PointPerfect's usage-based model is built around exactly that pattern: operators aren't paying to keep a base station alive in the off-season, and costs scale naturally with how much ground gets covered.
On top of that flexible pricing, PointPerfect delivers 3–6 cm accuracy with convergence in seconds, so equipment spends less time waiting to lock onto a position fix and more time working. When used in combination with u-blox high-precision GNSS receivers, PointPerfect Flex can be used with the bandwidth-optimized SPARTN data format, reducing mobile data costs with data rates that are up to 90% lower than typical network RTK services.
A detail worth highlighting for ag equipment manufacturers and integrators: PointPerfect works with u- blox and non-u-blox GNSS RTK receivers alike, including mixed fleets, using the industry-standard RTCM data format.
The Bottom Line
PointPerfect now works consistently across Australia and New Zealand and its flexible pricing model allows operators to pay only for what you use.
Learn more about PointPerfect coverage and pricing at u-blox.com.
