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Is National Differential GPS Lost?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the so-where-are-we-again? dept.

Nealix writes, "This article at GPSWorld reports that National Differential GPS (NDGPS) is endangered in the 2007 budget. This has ramifications for a variety of government programs such as the Intelligent Transportation System and Positive Train Control by the Department of Transportation. Blind people and robots also benefit from highly accurate GPS navigational capability provided by NDGPS, which appears to work better in the urban canyons. If NDGPS loses, the winner would appear to be the FAA-backed Wide Area Augmentation Service (WAAS). Of course, what would be really cool is to see more GPS sites around the country make DGPS data (RTCM) available over the Internet."

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  1. Of Course! by duerra · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah yes, of course GPS making use of DGPS data (RTCM) would be better than FAA-backed WAAS if NDGPS loses - everybody knows that. Now, BRB while I RTFA.

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  2. LOST by EddieBurkett · · Score: 4, Funny

    If NDGPS is indeed lost, can't we just use its GPS to find it?

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    1. Re:LOST by Rorschach1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, sure, but only with about 5 meters precision.

  3. Re:Article Unclear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why is this a problem?

    Obviously it was written by a NDGPS hardware provider who is watching their future go awry. Won't anyone think of the corporations?!

  4. Re:used by hundreds! by bunions · · Score: 2, Funny

    > Do these trains really wander from from the tracks we know the location of?

    well, duh: Amtrak. helloooo! Anybody home, McFly??

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