[Az-Geocaching] Galileo

[Brian Casteel]

That's awesome.  An additional 30 asynch sats in orbit will make life much
better in terms of reception.  One could almost guarantee a 12-sat lock at
all time w/ WAAS, kicking accuracy down to 6 or 7', which I have been
fortunate to see regularly as of late.

It's interesting that Thales comprises one of the major consortiums
involved in the venture.  Since Garmin is more of an avionics company,
consumer-grade GPS is gravy to them.

Brian
Team A.I.


> Here is an interesting article. The European GPS system has been given
> the go-ahead for deployment. The EU and the US have signed an agreement
> to allow jamming of each other's signals in battlefields. The system
> works the same as the US system, so we should expect more satellites and
> better coverage in areas that are currently difficult.
>
>   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4085651.stm
>
> Andy
>
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