Starting some 10 years ago the ‘Sferics Research’ group at the Physics Department of the University of Munich developed methods for lightning location based on the latest available technologies. Nowcast GmbH, an off-spring of this project, installed in 2006 the new system LINET in Europe and begun full operation. The network uses the VLF/LF band and attains high efficiency for ground strokes; cloud lightning is also reported and identified, provided that the sensor baselines do not exceed some 200–250 km. Due to highly optimized hardware and software techniques a locating accuracy of ∼100 m becomes feasible, verified by comparison with strikes into towers.