Or, as the press release noted, now you will be able to determine which SIDE
of a road a vehicle has broken down on rather than just knowing which road
it is on,




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-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn West <gwest@KRDL.ORG.SG>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, 2 May 2000 19:18
Subject: Re: [OT] [AR] FW:GPS S/A To Be Turned Off


>Current accuracy is +/- 10 feet to +/- 10 meters.
>Some commercial receivers can get somewhat around
>SA already.
>
>With the change I think it should be +/- inches.
>
>At 03:14 PM 5/2/00, you wrote:
>> > If so, GPS just became MUCH more accurate!
>> >
>> > RM
>>
>>I heard on the news it will be "ten times more accurate", by which I
>>guess they mean the resolution will be ten times greater than it was
>>yesterday. An example would have been nice.
>