Re: Galileo - what for?


"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:02:44 GMT, in sci.geo.satellite-nav ,
[...]
> Incorrect. GPS accuracy was deliberately bollixed during the conflict,
> to hamper enemy activity. The coalition had kit to descramble the
> signal.

Really? I have used a GPS extensively since early 2003 (every weekend), and
tend to get +/- 2-3 meters EPE with WAAS on ridgelines and in the open
desert in Nevada. I've used the GPS to revisit rockclimbing routes on
south-facing slopes, and the reproducibility is indeed 2-3 m. As always,
there are times when visible satellites are nearly colinear, or the GPS must
search to reestablish a visible constellation when I change direction and my
head blocks signals.


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