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- From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
- Subject: Re: GPS, PC or non-PC?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.163507.23332@unocal.com>
- Sender: news@unocal.com (Unocal USENET News)
- Organization: Unocal Corporation
- References: <725071189.AA06844@urchin.fidonet.org>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:35:07 GMT
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- In article <725071189.AA06844@urchin.fidonet.org> Carl.Seiler@f10.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Carl Seiler) writes:
- >In a msg on <Dec 21 15:01>, Anmar Caves writes:
- >Could someone please explain to a newbie exactly what GPS stands for?
-
- Global Positioning System. Twenty or so satellites broadcast their position
- and a time. Your local box can give a location from 200 m to 0.1 m
- depending on many factors. Price still above $1000 per box. May become
- a "personal location system" for backcountry use when price drops.
-