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The Global Positioning System A Shared National Asset (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... The additional cost of the beacon receiver used to receive the Coast Guard DGPS corrections has limited the recreational use of DGPS. Maritime navigational requirements are well documented in the Federal Radionavigation Plant It breaks the marine navigation problem down into several distinct phases that relate to different geographical considerations.
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... These users often augment the GPS standard positioning service with DGPS services provided by the Coast Guard or private sector companies. Requirements for positioning applications are not well documented.
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Key Terms

  • marine navigation
  • positioning applications
  • nautical mile
  • nautical miles
  • nautical charts

  • dgps services
  • coast guard
  • gps requirements
  • marine positioning
  • automatic dependent

  • dependent surveillance
  • gps receiver
  • inland waterway
  • positioning service
  • gps services

  • navigation requirements
  • federal radionavigation
  • radionavigation plan
  • approach phases
  • dgps corrections

  • gps standard
  • sufficient accuracy
  • additional cost


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