GPS is the American system while GLONASS is the Russian system. Also, Galileo is the EU system.
GLONASS and Galileo were developed so that Russia and the EU do not have to depend on the American system. GPS, after all, is a technology developed originally for military purposes. On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Jim Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > Just saw a phone advertised with GPS and A-GLONASS, so I looked it up. > > I know the current GPS system is old and up for retirement at some point. > Maybe this is the replacement? > > https://beebom.com/what-is-glonass-and-how-it-is-different-from-gps/ > > Oh, apparently iPhones already use as a GPS+GLONASS combination. Never > knew ... > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >
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