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The Global Positioning System A Shared National Asset (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... By applying the broadcast differential corrections to a GPS position solution in real-time, a user can achieve navigational accuracy as good as 1.5 meters (2 arms) up to 460 kilometers (250 nautical molest from the reference station.s3 The Coast Guard hopes to eventually meet the stringent accuracy requirements of inland waterway navigation with their DGPS network as well.
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  • accuracy requirements
  • navigation message
  • differential corrections
  • reference stations
  • coast guard

  • gps receiver
  • inland waterway
  • aviation administration
  • federal aviation
  • dgps reference


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