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Eurofix

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

Durk Van Willigen
Affiliation:
Delft University of Technology

Extract

Around 1992 Navstar/GPS will become fully operational. Public access is then provided in the Standard Precision Service, SPS, at a reduced accuracy of 100 metres for 95 per cent of the fixes. The exclusively US military-operated system and the deliberately introduced degradation (SA, selective availability) of the attainable accuracy have some drawbacks for European navigation. Neither the probability density function of the error amplitude, nor its power spectral density function is known. So, using Navstar/GPS as a sole-means precise and reliable navigational aid for high-risk transports is not possible.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1989

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