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Post by q8 on Jan 21, 2006 5:31:35 GMT
I recal recently seeing that there is another satellite postioning system that is more accurate than the U.S. GPS one. I can't recall it's name but it was european. Can anyone help with that?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2006 9:07:05 GMT
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Post by q8 on Jan 21, 2006 11:08:30 GMT
I did use google but it did not tell me. So I turned to the guys in the know...here! |
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Post by q8 on Jan 21, 2006 11:11:42 GMT
No, no the system I heard about is ALREADY up and running. It's definitely european and is better than GPS. I just can't rmember the name of it and google doesn't know it. [it's not Galileo either]
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Post by compsci on Jan 21, 2006 11:30:32 GMT
Ah
I can't remember its name, but there is a sort of precursor to Galileo which takes the GPS signal and the Russian equivalent and uses the combination to provide a more accurate signal.
It also has features to detect inaccuracies, whether caused randomly or by the GPS signal being deliberately altered.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2006 10:27:37 GMT
I did use google but it did not tell me. So I turned to the guys in the know...here! All I had to put into Google was "global positioning europe" (without the quotes), and it gave several sites. At present, the US and Russian systems are operating, with the EU Galileo coming on line. I can't find any reference to another European system. |
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Post by q8 on Jan 22, 2006 11:50:19 GMT
Ah! Now for some reason the word 'Geosat' keeps coming to mind in this context. I will look it up. Well I have looked it up and find that Geosat is for measuring sea height. However I did find this of interest>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation_system |
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Post by dunois on Jan 22, 2006 18:01:57 GMT
The name of the Russian equivalent of the GPS is the Glonass system.
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