Re: GPS: Pseudo-random code + Epheris/Almanac =! Pseudo-random code
Jim@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Ahem,
the way I understand it, it uses doppler to work out the range to a
satelite. The frequency shift, due to doppler, of the radio
transmission itself being the key.
sorry if I'm "off course" here ;-) ( he he, that's a good one
Jim...NOT !)
See Global Positioning System Overview
by Peter H. Dana
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gif/navigate.gif
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gif/gdop.gif
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps.html#Gdop
Doppler is used to compute velocity
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