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GPS Availability

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From: Mycal Johnson
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:44
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In article <7480107@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM writes:

  > 
  > 
  > GPS is most definitely operational, and GPS receivers are now readily
  > available, albeit with less accuracy than their military cousins.  (The
  > Feds require this to be so, so that some turkey like Sodamn Insane can't
  > use our own positioning system to aim his Scuds to the nearest millimeter!)
  > One of the biggest uses right now is in aviation - check with some private
  > pilots in your area and see if they'll show you some of the latest avionics
  > catalogs.

Well actually because of the gulf war, the civilian GPS (unencripted) has
its resolution cranked way up, still is last time I checked.

Seems that the US didn't have enough mil GPS systems, so it shipped the
troops civilian units and cranked up the resolution.

mycal

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From: mycal@netronix.com (Mycal Johnson)
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Subject: GPS Availability 
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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 17:44:58 GMT
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