Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote:
> 
> On Feb 3, 2006, at 12:26 AM, Chris Hastie wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for that. Another question to show my ignorance of GPS. You
>> said elsewhere that a view of 4 satellites was needed. I've often
>> wondered why so for time keeping? I can see why for positioning, but I
>> can't help thinking with a static unit surely it should be able to
>> work out the time from one providing you accurately tell it where it is?
> 
> You need to know where you are to know how long it took the GPS signal
> (with the time stamp) to reach you.

Can't ntpd help in that situation? How do I compensate for the distance
to GPS orbit?
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