So it will be interesting to see what happens when the US no longer has the monopoly on GPS. The European, Russian and Asian systems are coming on line over the next few years. Wonder how they will compare and how hard it will be to adapt the Sendero products and Mobile Geo to use different receiving hardware. The European effort looks especially interesting.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:14 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: have a question about acquisition of satellites
Sometimes the satellites simply are in a different area. There are 12 satellites assigned to each hemosphere which orbit the earth every hour and it could be that they are in some part of the plannet. I get this too and it is interesting to me to walk the same path at different times of the day and discover how many satellites you get. For example, out here in Arizona my best tracking occurres between 5:00 AM and 9:00 AM In the winter, when I choose to walk mid afternoon, I find that I get much fewer satellites in the configuration than I do in the morning.Mary Ellen Earls----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Bailey" <karenb74@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:59 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] have a question about acquisition of satellitesHello, I turned on my gps and it says acquiring satellites but just sits there for quite a long time. How long should I wait for it to do this? I noticed it's seems easier to get the satellites early but now it's around noon and nothing much comes up. Why is this? Karen
