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The Global Positioning System A Shared National Asset (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... This means that RAIM alone is not always the best way to improve GPS integrity, alla other solutions are often required.3g Combined Use of GPS and GLONASS GLONASS is often discussed as a potential means of augmenting the basic capabilities of GPS by providing additional ranging signals to a user, and integrated GPS/GLONASS receivers are available from a limited number of suppliers. GLONASS, or GLObal Navigation Satellite System, which is operated and managed by the military of the former Soviet Union, consists of three segments just as GPS does.
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