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  • GPS accuracy could "significantly degrade" in 2010

    GPS accuracy could "significantly degrade" in 2010

    Replacement programme running 3 years behind schedule 15 May 2009 16:44 GMT

    That snazzy new smartphone or satnav that you've just bought might start to have problems getting a location lock by 2010, if reports are to be believed that the Global Positioning System is in trouble.

    The network of 24 satellites is under the control of the...

  • A quick guide to GPS

    A quick guide to GPS

    What, why, who, how explained 17 February 2009 13:41 GMT

    What is it?
    Standing for Global Positioning System, it is a radio based technology that measures the distance from a device with access to GPS onboard such as satellite navigation products (sat nav), then calculates that distance to the satellites in orbit sending...

  • Launch for European satnav project. Car And GPS, Biz, EC, Galileo 0

    Launch for European satnav project

    Galileo demonstrator is go 28 April 2008 11:33 GMT

    It won't be at full capacity until 2013 but the bid to set up a European satnav system took a giant step forward today. A "demonstrator" satellite for Europe's Galileo sat nav system has been launched from Kazakhstan.

    The Giove-B satellite has been sent into...

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