http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL1674424620070716 Slashdot Summary: Hardware <http://hardware.slashdot.org/>: US GPS, EU Galileo to Work Together<http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/07/16/1812244.shtml> *Posted by ScuttleMonkey <http://slashdot.org/%7EScuttleMonkey/> on Monday July 16, @03:13PM* *from the eightsevensixfivefourthreetwooneblastoff dept.* [image: Communications] <http://slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=215> saintory <ghilson@xxxxxxxxx> writes *"The US and EU are in talks to allow their separate GPS systems to work together<http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL1674424620070716>. The future uses would allow enhanced location information based on two readings, among other benefits. 'The market probably will drive dual-use receivers. We think probably that single (U.S.) GPS-specific, or Galileo-specific receivers — the market will phase out in time [...] It just doesn't make sense to limit yourself to just one system'."*