Re: [talk-ph] GLONASS

2017-07-20 Thread Erwin Olario
And in addition to what Eugene said, GLONASS is required for all phones sold within the Russian federation. Some China-made phones now support China's SatNav system, Beidou, in addition to GPS and GLONASS On Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 14:53 Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: > GPS is the

Re: [talk-ph] GLONASS

2017-07-20 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
GPS is the American system while GLONASS is the Russian system. Also, Galileo is the EU system. GLONASS and Galileo were developed so that Russia and the EU do not have to depend on the American system. GPS, after all, is a technology developed originally for military purposes. On Thu, Jul 20,

[talk-ph] GLONASS

2017-07-20 Thread Jim Morgan
Just saw a phone advertised with GPS and A-GLONASS, so I looked it up. I know the current GPS system is old and up for retirement at some point. Maybe this is the replacement? https://beebom.com/what-is-glonass-and-how-it-is-different-from-gps/ Oh, apparently iPhones already use as a