[gps-talkusers] EGNOS (European WAAS)
- From: Peter Bosher <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:56:37 +0100
Hi All,
A few weeks ago I posted to say that for the first time ever in the
UK , Sendero was reporting WAAS, with best accuracy that day of eleven feet.
Since then, to my great disappointment, there has been no sign of
WAAS. I finally found a European Commission document which explained
that EGNOS, which is the European version of WAAS, had been delayed,
but was due to go live in early 2008, so it seems that they may have
been testing it on that day. The document also explained that
Galileo, which is the full rolll-out of thirty satellites to give
coverage equivalent or better than existing GPS, had been very much
delayed, and now looks like going fully live somewhere around 2012,
if it doesn't hit further economic and logistical problems.
For the moment I'm just looking forward to regular EGNOS, because the
improvement was seriously useful.
Best,
Peter
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