Finland to Develop Real-Time Tool to Counter Russian GPS Interference in North Karelia

Finland’s National Land Survey will begin developing and testing tools to counter Russian GPS jamming in North Karelia in April, Helsingin Sanomat reported on April 15.

The EU-funded project, set to run for two years, aims to improve the detection of GPS interference sources and help mitigate their potential impact.

The publication notes that since 2022, Finland has seen a sharp rise in GPS signal jamming attributed to Russia. This interference poses security risks and disrupts both air and maritime navigation.

“We are now developing a prototype device that will detect interference in real time and warn the user about it. The idea is also to store positioning data. The project also develops methods for processing aerial images in GNSS  interference situations,” said senior researcher Mika Saajasto from the National Land Survey of Finland.

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Last year, the National Land Survey of Finland’s annual aerial photography and laser scanning flights over Southeast Finland were partially disrupted due to satellite positioning interference. In Kouvola, the disruptions were so severe that no laser scanning data could be collected at all.

These flights are essential for producing and updating Finland’s map data and terrain databases. Laser scanning, in particular, relies on highly accurate satellite positioning to create detailed three-dimensional models of the land surface.

On March 17, the Dutch broadcaster NOS reported that Eight European countries have filed a complaint with the International Telecommunication Union, a UN agency, regarding Russia’s interference with European satellite communications.

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