Trimble Acquires Terasat Japan to Expand VRS Positioning Network
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Westminster, Colo. – September 12, 2026 -- Trimble has acquired Terasat Japan, one of the country's largest virtual reference station (VRS) service providers, giving the company direct control over centimeter-level GNSS correction services across Japan's construction, geospatial, automotive and agriculture sectors. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Terasat's network taps 1,300 government reference stations
Terasat Japan draws GNSS corrections from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan's Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) network, which spans more than 1,300 stations across the Japanese archipelago. The acquisition gives Trimble immediate access to these mandated GSI data streams, which are required for surveying and construction work in the country.