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Subject: Re: GPS in other countries
From: Thomas Schmidt (schmidt@XXX.XXX)
Date: Wed Jan 26 2000 - 03:40:48 EST
Gordon J. Talge wrote:
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> Does anyone know if any other countries have their own independent
> GPS type system or have one in the works?
The Russians have their GLONASS system:
http://www.rssi.ru/SFCSIC/english.html
> It seems to me that the European Community (and others) could very well
> set
> one up on their own.
They do:
http://www.esa.int/Press/98/press19.html
# Go-ahead for a European global navigation satellite system
#
# The European Space Agency (ESA), the European Community (EC) and the
# European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) have
# taken an important step towards the development of GNSS, the global navigation
# satellite system for Europe.
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