Patent attributes
Some embodiments of the invention include a vehicle control system having: two GNSS receivers positioned fixedly in a known relationship with respect to one another on a vehicle, for receiving signals from navigation satellites, a computer unit for using the signals to form direction vectors, and generating instructions for steering the vehicle as a function of the direction vectors, wherein at least one retro-reflector is arranged in a predefined position with respect to the GNSS receivers on the vehicle, a geodetic measuring device is positioned in an immovable fashion at a known reference position in order to determine exact absolute positions of the retro-reflector, wherein the measuring device has a transmitter for transmitting the exact absolute positions to a receiver of the computer unit, and the computer unit is also designed to generate the instructions as a function of the exact absolute positions.