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To: blackdog
GPS to be second worse,

Perhaps an old non-WAAS GPS???

I have a Garmin 196 in my airplane, but the GPS systems we deal with in agriculture have <1meter precision with WAAS. We've had them for 3-4 years now.

We have one very high end system that uses "RTK", real time kinematic, to get < 1 inch precision using a local differential.

Taking down GPS would basically wipe out the modern surveying industry. I'd bet most of these guys would have to re-train on how to use the old equipment. If they still have it.

39 posted on 12/16/2004 8:29:16 AM PST by narby
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To: narby
Taking down GPS would basically wipe out the modern surveying industry. I'd bet most of these guys would have to re-train on how to use the old equipment. If they still have it.

It would take out way more than that. See:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1302340/posts?page=93#93

46 posted on 12/16/2004 8:54:20 AM PST by RadioAstronomer
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