Bad Elf

Bad Elf is a GPS and GNSS receiver maker founded in 2010, with its corporate office in West Hartford, Connecticut and sales, engineering and fulfilment in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company says it created the first Made for iOS external GPS accessory and now supplies location hardware for all mobile platforms. The idea for the company came from a dinner conversation among the founders in Stuttgart, Germany in the autumn of 2009; the founders had previously worked together at a large corporation.

Products

• Bad Elf Flex and Flex Mini: Bluetooth GNSS receivers for tablets and smartphones, used for GIS, mapping and survey field work, with accuracy levels that depend on the receiver, correction method and conditions.
• Bad Elf Flex Base/Rover and the Bad Elf Scanning Kit for terrestrial scanning.
• Legacy products: plug-in GPS units for Apple devices and earlier Bluetooth GNSS receivers.
• Wombat (Piston Edition and Turbine Edition) for aviation users.
• Accessories, correction service subscriptions through a corrections marketplace (GEODNET, Point One Navigation, SwiftNav Skylark) and software bundles such as PIX4D.

Markets

The site lists aviation, commercial aviation, GIS and mapping, marine and photography as its industries. For pilots, the receivers provide an external GPS position for iPad and iPhone electronic flight bag apps. For photographers, a Bad Elf receiver with a remote trigger lets cameras geotag images in the field. The company also sells to government buyers through GSA products and works with education and non-profit customers.

Support

Bad Elf does not offer phone support; technical questions go through its online support site, knowledge base and support email. Sales enquiries go through a form on the site, with a response promised within one business day.

Contact

Email: sales@bad-elf.com
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