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Article #6306GPS Availability
From: Mycal Johnson
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:44
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:44
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In article <7480107@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM writes:
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> 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.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!netronix!mycal From: mycal@netronix.com (Mycal Johnson) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: GPS Availability Distribution: world Message-ID: <713814298snx@netronix.com> References: <7480107@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 17:44:58 GMT Organization: Netronix, Inc. Lines: 27