Glenn Proctor wrote: > Media hype, as a result of political maneuvering by one of the several > agencies involved with keeping GPS going[1]. The US is behind on one > of the programs that launches new/replacement satellites, but the > reality is that there are, IIRC, over 30 satellites currently in orbit > plus 2 spares. 24 are needed for full global coverage so there's > plenty of leeway yet. >
And with any luck Galileo should be up and running in a few years... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_positioning_system -- Chris Jones, SUCS Admin http://sucs.org _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
