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Snowone · 03-18-2003, 01:47 AM

There have always been 2 levels of GPS service. Miltary with a resolution of 1 meter and civilian with a resolution of 100 meters.

Civilian use of the Miltary resolution wasn't available until the mid 90's. And that availabilty is based on a peace time environment. It's not peace time any more, is it...

Would you really want your enemy using your own sats to figure out where they are with in 1 meter?

I didn't think so.

Someone flipped the switch and put the civilian gps's back in a less useful mode.

edited to add links:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search

http://www.computerworld.com/news/20...,44296,00.html

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030307/12/dux4w.html

http://www.rbbi.com/news/2000/gps1.htm

I was wrong about when the miltary version of gps became available to civilians. It was in 2000 not mid 90's.

;)

03-18-2003, 01:47 AM
Snowone Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Around the Bend Posts: 183	There have always been 2 levels of GPS service. Miltary with a resolution of 1 meter and civilian with a resolution of 100 meters. Civilian use of the Miltary resolution wasn't available until the mid 90's. And that availabilty is based on a peace time environment. It's not peace time any more, is it... Would you really want your enemy using your own sats to figure out where they are with in 1 meter? I didn't think so. Someone flipped the switch and put the civilian gps's back in a less useful mode. edited to add links: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search http://www.computerworld.com/news/20...,44296,00.html http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030307/12/dux4w.html http://www.rbbi.com/news/2000/gps1.htm I was wrong about when the miltary version of gps became available to civilians. It was in 2000 not mid 90's. ;) Last edited by Snowone; 03-18-2003 at 02:02 AM..