TAG: GPS accuracy

1976: The first military GPS five-channel receiver built in one of several programs that studied the feasibility of GPS. The receiver weighed more than 270 pounds and had seats for two operators. (Photo: Rockwell Collins/Smithsonian)

Our insatiable appetite for GPS

September 3, 2020

Like the internet before it, GPS started as a niche technology and became a universally recognized one, though […]


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Raytheon launches WAAS payload to improve GPS accuracy for air travel

May 22, 2017

Raytheon Company has launched its GEO 6 satellite payload into orbit for its 12-year mission. It is the […]


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Follow up: What’s Going to Happen When GPS Accuracy is Cheap?

June 16, 2010

I received some interesting e-mails and saw some web comments regarding my newsletter column a couple of weeks ago titled “What’s Going to Happen When High-Accuracy GPS is Cheap?” The comments ranged from “I don’t believe it’s going to happen” to “We’d better adapt to the changes in technology.”


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