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Re: Astronomy and Celestial Navigation [Really, GPS]

From: Peter MacNeil (no email)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2006 - 19:35:32 EDT

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           Richard,
       Even with this "distortion" be wouldn't it be corrected
    for by Differential stations (DGPS)? So the only areas it
    would theoretically affect areas those without DGPS
    coverage - areas outside North America and major european
    nations?
       Pete

    > Richard wrote...
    > And that would accomplish the goal, which is to allow
    > domestic use of the system while simultaneously severely
    > degrading it overseas. If you can keep the system
    > "substantially" functional over the domestic US, while
    > degrading it for a 5,000 mile footprint or even a 10,000
    > miles footprint someplace else--that's much better than
    > degrading it everywhere.

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