POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Database Questions : Re: Database Questions Server Time
3 Sep 2024 19:12:23 EDT (-0400)
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From: Invisible
Date: 9 Mar 2011 05:27:07
Message: <4d7755fb@news.povray.org>
> GPS computation is accurate, with military access, to less than a yard.

So I've heard. This is only useful if you're in the military. ;-)

> Civil usage of GPS is accurate to 30 yards/meters.

That sounds more like it.

> Remember that GPS is operated by the army of the USA (or whatever you
> name it), and they can switch it down whenever they want. (or rather,
> keeping it on only for the happy fews with the unscrambling devices...)

*Other global positioning systems are available. ;-)


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