Re: GPS versus Galileo

2004-02-15 Thread Markus Kuhn
Steve Allen wrote on 2004-02-14 21:53 UTC: Or maybe Galileo will do its signal format right, and allow at least 16 bits in the field that gives the difference between TAI and UTC. That would last for at least 2800 years, which is plenty of foresight. 24 bits wouldn't hurt, and would last for

Re: GPS versus Galileo

2004-02-15 Thread Steve Allen
On Sun 2004-02-15T12:10:17 +, Markus Kuhn hath writ: The GPS signal format has been virtually unchanged since prototype experiments in the early 1970s I'm just now reviewing the very recent GPS L2 ICD