Yes, my little Garmin GPS III+ now reports error circles as low as 13 feet (as opposed to about 200 before the change). This is *very* nice for people who need that level of precision. Of course, minor errors in the map database become glaringly obvious when you can tell which lane you're driving in, as opposed to merely which road you are on. Over on sci.geo.satellite-nav they're wetting their pants in joy. Peter Trei > From: Bill Stewart[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Americans are now allowed to know where they are :-) > > http://www.igeb.gov/ > http://www.igeb.gov/sa/whfactsheet.txt [...] > http://www.igeb.gov/ , > the Interagency GPS Executive Board, a new policy board that's > split between the War Department and the Department of Transportation, > so it's no longer purely under military bureaucratic control. > > According to the web site, the 95th percentile CEP radius > has gone from ~44m to ~4m for horizontal positioning; > I'm not sure what the vertical accuracy is, > but I assume it's also much improved. > > By the way, I've moved - I'm about 0.05 miles from where I used to live, > and my elevation's changed yet again, so I'm not sure if it's 33 feet or > not :-) > Thanks! > Bill > Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639 >
