On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:16:24PM +0100, Ian Stirling wrote: > Ewan Oughton wrote: > >On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Ian Stirling wrote: > > > >>http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wish_List_-_Hardware#Galileo.2FGLONASS.2FGPS_receiver > >> > >> > > > > > > > >GLONASS? > > > > > >Isn't that the Soviet GPS-alike that is mostly dead? What's remains of > >it I believe is currently optimised for use in Russian military > >deployments in Chechnya.. Doubt it's going to be a viable tech any time > >soon. Also, finding a chip comparible in size / cost to the Hammerhead > >would be difficult. > > It's had new satellites launched recently and commitments have been made > to bring it fully online well before the completion of Galilleo. > > It _was_ decaying rapidly into uselessness only several years ago.
Yeah, and here you can see the most portable GLONASS reciever: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Glonass-reciever.jpg -- America, how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood? -- Allen Ginsberg
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