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Old 25th Jul 2007, 01:12
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Lutefisk989
 
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The point on Selective Availability is an interesting one. It's supposed to be a non-issue, given the amount of commerical ventures, that routinely use (require?) it day to day. But since the system is owned/operated by DoD, I imagine that's why the Europeans are putting up their own system?

But it seems to me that when WAAS becomes more widely available, the issue goes away. As I recall, WAAS functions more or less like Differential GPS, which would reduce the error the S/A puts into the signal.
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