I'm not sure that I understand the article. When I want to buy something, I hand over my credit card, and I don't get any shiny round things handed back to me.
Oh, you mean using cash to pay? How utterly 20th century...:-)
EGNOS is the European version of WAAS, a system that enhances GPS accuracy by providing differential corrections (like DGPS, only from a satellite instead of a ground-based transmitter).
It's currently in testing, and is expected to be turned on for real soon.
I'm not sure that I understand the article. When I want to buy something, I hand over my credit card, and I don't get any shiny round things handed back to me.
:-)
Oh, you mean using cash to pay? How utterly 20th century...
...the same April Fool's joke twice!
EGNOS is the European version of WAAS, a system that enhances GPS accuracy by providing differential corrections (like DGPS, only from a satellite instead of a ground-based transmitter).
It's currently in testing, and is expected to be turned on for real soon.
See http://gpsinformation.net/waasgps.htm