Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-06 Thread Ed Avis
I have a Garmin unit and from the factory WAAS/EGNOS support was set to 'off'. I turned it on recently. I see little 'D' symbols sometimes appear in satellite status but I haven't seen the promised 1 metre precision so far. -- Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com

[OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Childs
I'm sure EGNOS is something else other than the new Euro GPS system, but I can't for the life of me remember what, something to do with food and Christmas rings a bell but I can't think what. Anyway so EGNOS is now available for use. So what new things can we do with this new available

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Jon Stockill
Peter Childs wrote: I'm sure EGNOS is something else other than the new Euro GPS system, but I can't for the life of me remember what, something to do with food and Christmas rings a bell but I can't think what. Anyway so EGNOS is now available for use. So what new things can we do

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Aun Yngve Johnsen
EGNOS is just another SBAS (Satellite Based Augmentation System), and with EGNOS 100% active we now have tree such systems, including the wider known north american WAAS. I hope more such systems can be available soon, knowing that India and China also are developing similar systems, and

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Aun Yngve Johnsen
brgds Aun Johnsen On 05/10/2009, at 11:30, Jon Stockill wrote: Peter Childs wrote: I'm sure EGNOS is something else other than the new Euro GPS system, but I can't for the life of me remember what, something to do with food and Christmas rings a bell but I can't think what. Anyway

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Barnett, Phillip
. Do you really need to print this email? -Original Message- From: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Peter Childs Sent: 05 October 2009 15:15 To: OSM-Talk Subject: [OSM-talk] EGNOS I'm sure EGNOS is something else other than the new Euro

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Barnett, Phillip
? -Original Message- From: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Peter Childs Sent: 05 October 2009 15:15 To: OSM-Talk Subject: [OSM-talk] EGNOS I'm sure EGNOS is something else other than the new Euro GPS system, but I can't for the life of me

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Dave F.
Barnett, Phillip wrote: You can tell when it's working as some of the satellite reception bars will have a capital D above them. Is that correct? I sometimes get the D's displaying even if I have no reception (no bar showing). I've got a Garmin GPSmap 60C. Any body else get that quirk?

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Barnett, Phillip
: Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS Barnett, Phillip wrote: You can tell when it's working as some of the satellite reception bars will have a capital D above them. Is that correct? I sometimes get the D's displaying even if I have no reception (no bar showing). I've got a Garmin GPSmap 60C. Any body else get

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/10/5 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com: Barnett, Phillip wrote: You can tell when it's working as some of the satellite reception bars will have a capital D above them. Is that correct? I sometimes get the D's displaying even if I have no reception (no bar showing). I've got a Garmin

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Dave F.
Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2009/10/5 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com: Barnett, Phillip wrote: You can tell when it's working as some of the satellite reception bars will have a capital D above them. Is that correct? I sometimes get the D's displaying even if I have no

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/10/5 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com: Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2009/10/5 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com: Barnett, Phillip wrote: You can tell when it's working as some of the satellite reception bars will have a capital D above them. Is that correct? I sometimes get the D's

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Barnett, Phillip
-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Martin Koppenhoefer Sent: 05 October 2009 17:32 To: Dave F. Cc: OSM Talk Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS 2009/10/5 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com: Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2009/10/5 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com: Barnett, Phillip wrote: You can tell

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread bernhard
Hi EGNOS delivers a correction Signal. It's possible to receive it in realtime from a satellite or download using FTP. (I think it's here: http://www.egnos-pro.esa.int/ems/index.html) If the gpx file has an information whether the coordinates are already corrected, the EGNOS error correction

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, bernhard wrote: EGNOS delivers a correction Signal. It's possible to receive it in realtime from a satellite or download using FTP. True, but I don't think the correction signal is something like add .0182 to longitude and subtract .0012 from latitude. It is rather correct

Re: [OSM-talk] EGNOS

2009-10-05 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Lunes, 5 de Octubre de 2009, Frederik Ramm escribió: but unless someone more knowledgeable than myself says otherwise, I'll assume that in GPS receiver terms, post processing still means pre-lat-lon-output. You're correct. I had been working with sub-metric GPS receivers, and what they