[GeoStL] US GPS, EU Galileo to Work Together

  • From: "Jon Mertz" <jemertz@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:48:03 -0500

 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.*
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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'."*

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