Hitechniques

How an Irish equipment reseller became the country's fastest-growing independent RTK network, running on Glopos with fully managed GNSMART infrastructure

Industry

Surveying
GNSS corrections

Results

30+ reference stations
Nationwide coverage
Profitable, scalable business

Hitechniques is a surveying technology company based in Ireland. For years, the company supplied professional GNSS and surveying equipment while reselling RTK correction services from third-party providers. They handled customer support, but the underlying infrastructure belonged to someone else. They decided it was time to build a network of their own.

Today, RTK.ie delivers nationwide coverage through over 30 reference stations, serves hundreds of paying customers, and has grown into a profitable, sustainable business. The entire operation runs on Navmatix's Glopos platform, powered by fully managed GNSMART infrastructure.

For more information, visit rtk.ie

The Challenge

Ireland's RTK correction market was falling short of customer expectations. Coverage was inconsistent, service quality varied between providers, and rising ionospheric activity was making reliable positioning harder still.

Few companies understood those problems better than Hitechniques. As a reseller with access to the underlying systems of several providers, they could see exactly where the weaknesses lay: coverage gaps, inconsistent data quality, and operational limitations that affected end users. The problem was that none of those issues were theirs to fix.

We were reselling corrections from different suppliers. None of the providers could deliver what we wanted. But because we had access to the backend of their systems, we could clearly see where they were falling short. That experience helped us define exactly what we wanted our own network to become.

– Dariusz Liszka, General Manager, Hitechniques

Running enterprise-grade correction infrastructure demands expertise well beyond Hitechniques' core business. Like many operators, they initially relied on the software bundled with their reference stations. It worked for a small deployment, but the limitations became clear as the network grew. Reliability suffered, visibility into the system was poor, and the platform was never designed to support a professional, nationwide RTK service.

The Solution

Hitechniques first met Navmatix at Intergeo in Germany in 2018. What stood out immediately was not the software alone, but the completeness of the solution. Unlike many alternatives, Navmatix was not offering just an NTRIP caster — they had built an end-to-end platform designed specifically for professional correction networks.

What attracted us to Navmatix was the fact that they offered a complete solution. It wasn't just another caster. It was a platform that had clearly been designed with network operators in mind.

– Dariusz Liszka, General Manager, Hitechniques

Before committing, Hitechniques considered a range of platforms on the market, including Trimble Pivot, Leica Spider and Alberding. Each had strengths, but none offered the combination of capabilities they were looking for: a modern caster, a proven correction engine, a management platform, automation through APIs, and a fully managed service that removed the operational burden from their team.

Navmatix does far more than host the Glopos platform. We manage the entire GNSMART environment — the correction engine that powers RTK.ie behind the scenes — so the Hitechniques team can focus on supporting customers and expanding the network rather than maintaining infrastructure.

Having Navmatix not only provide the caster but also integrate and manage GNSMART for us was probably the best decision we made. It took an enormous amount of work off our shoulders.

– Dariusz Liszka, General Manager, Hitechniques

The Result

What began as an equipment reseller supporting third-party correction services has evolved into one of Ireland's fastest-growing independent RTK networks. Hitechniques now owns the customer relationship, controls service quality, and operates a business that continues to grow on infrastructure designed to scale with it.

The RTK.ie website and online store are already live. The network is profitable, sustainable, and validated by customer feedback — new customers regularly say they switched from other providers because they wanted something more reliable and easier to use. Hitechniques is now planning to expand the network to 60 stations.

We work with companies all over the world, and Navmatix is one of those rare companies you genuinely enjoy doing business with. Everything runs smoothly, the quality of service is outstanding, and they don't feel like just another supplier. They feel like a true business partner.

– Dariusz Liszka, General Manager, Hitechniques

Hitechniques before and after moving to Glopos