IHMO, Doris and Poséidon precision is also pretty astounding, albeit not so well-known ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DORIS_(geodesy) .
Rodolphe Le dimanche 01 juin 2008 à 23:04 +0200, Philippe Guillebert a écrit : > cdr wrote: > > the atomic clock(s) arent orbiting the earth, > > Hey, > > According to wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS ), every GPS > satellite carries an atomic clock, providing every receiver on earth > with really precise clock. The radio clock systems you describe are > different and kinda useless when you have GPS onboard. > > As an engineer I'm stunned by the level of performance achieved of the > GPS system : the description of Einstein's relativity compensation on > the WP article is really scary :) > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
