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? _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
