# How does a receiver know it's position?

**URL:** <https://learn.safran-navigation-timing.com/t/how-does-a-receiver-know-its-position/356>\
**Category:** GNSS Technology\
**Created:** [January 19, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://learn.safran-navigation-timing.com/t/how-does-a-receiver-know-its-position/356 "2022-01-19T12:45:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![rburke](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/learn.safran-navigation-timing.com/rburke/32/29_2.png) [@rburke](https://learn.safran-navigation-timing.com/u/rburke)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://learn.safran-navigation-timing.com/t/how-does-a-receiver-know-its-position/356/1 "2022-01-19T12:45:43Z")

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Nice short article and short video from Emlid explaining how a receiver get’s position.

> **[Positioning with GNSS: How Does the Receiver Know Your Position - Emlid](https://emlid.com/positioning-with-gnss-how-does-the-receiver-know-your-position/)**
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> Positioning with GNSS is the easiest way to find your location on Earth. Check out Emlid's video tutorial to learn more about how positioning works.

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**Author:** ![dannyloke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@dannyloke](https://learn.safran-navigation-timing.com/u/dannyloke)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://learn.safran-navigation-timing.com/t/how-does-a-receiver-know-its-position/356/2 "2022-08-12T01:45:41Z")

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> [@rburke](#):
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> [https://emlid.com/positioning-with-gnss-how-does-the-receiver-know-your-position/](https://emlid.com/positioning-with-gnss-how-does-the-receiver-know-your-position/)

[The new link is here](https://blog.emlid.com/positioning-with-gnss-how-does-the-receiver-know-your-position/#:~:text=There%20are%20satellites%20out%20there,it%20to%20determine%20its%20position.)