Re: For Potter--Note the applications and economics of GPS

On Feb 28, 5:31 pm, "Tom Potter" <tdp1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Sam Wormley" <sworml...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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For Potter--Note the applications and economics of GPS

U.S. Presentation at
Polytechnic University of Turin
February 25, 2008

 http://pnt.gov/public/2008/2008-02-turin/
 http://pnt.gov/public/2008/2008-02-turin/shaw.ppt

Sam, considering that the existing GPS system is so good,
why don't the American GPS managers
just add new features to the system?

Rather than hype "Interoperable"
to provide "better capabilities"
why don't they just add the "better capabilities"
to the American system?


Because, as you are fond of saying, they don't need to, when
commercial applications and business ventures do the job for them. The
GPS managers are infrastructure people. The business community is the
one that makes a change in standard of living that uses it.

You might want to look up "hyperlocality" in the business plans of the
top Fortune 500 companies, as well as on the blogsphere, Wired,
technorati, etc, etc, etc.

PD

Considering that the GPS managers are stressing
the prevention of the "hostile use" of GPS,

how can co-operation with Russia, China
and Europe prevent these  "hostile users"
(Whoever they are.)
from using the existing or the new system
from being used in a hostile way,
like it was used against the Iraqi people?

Will Russia, China, Europe
and other nations have the capability
of preventing America and Israel
from using the new GPS system
in a "hostile" way?

If the existing system is so good,
and America can add any improvements to the system
they like and need, and keep the system
"free of direct user fees on a continuous, worldwide basis",

why are the GPS managers wasting all this time and money
bragging about the existing system,
hyping future improvements,
attending meetings, negotiating, issuing joint statements,
courting Russia, China and Europe, etc?

It sounds to me that they are worried that
the world will migrate to the other systems,
(Because they don't trust America
and fear that some crazy president might
use the GPS system in a "hostile" way,
or pull the pull on the system
disrupting the GPS allied systems.),

and that the American system will become a vast wasteland,
used only by the American military, and supported by
the American taxpayers.

Relevant excerpts from Sam's URL's follow.
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"Interoperable" - ability of civil U.S. and non-U.S. space-based
PNT services to be used together to provide the user
better capabilities than would be achieved
by relying solely on one service or signal

Interoperable = Better Together than Separate"
Provide civil GPS and augmentations free of direct user fees on a
continuous, worldwide basis
Provide open, free access to information needed to develop equipment
Improve performance of civil GPS and augmentations to meet or exceed that of
international systems
Encourage international development of PNT systems based on GPS
Seek to ensure international systems are interoperable with civil GPS and
augmentations
Address mutual security concerns with international providers to prevent
hostile use

U.S.- Russia Joint Statement issued in Dec 2004
Several productive technical working group meetings have been held:
Russia WG-1 chair proposed adopting two new civil CDMA signals at L1, L5
which will be interoperable with GPS
Negotiations for a U.S.-Russia agreement on satellite navigation cooperation
have been underway since late 2005:
Next meeting will be held in early 2008
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