Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Watch out if mapping in Florida, Georgia...

2011-01-25 Thread Emilie Laffray
Hello, Or it could be that they are testing their new satellites. The US has been working on deploying new generations of GPS satellites. Previously, you could get interesting ephemerides data from the satellite that was within 2 hours. Sometimes you could see 4 hours and now we have observed 6 ho

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Watch out if mapping in Florida, Georgia...

2011-01-25 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2011-01-21 08:15, SteveC wrote: GPS might not work; http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/20/unavailabe_gps_warning/ Looks like this one extends as far north as SC, too. See other scheduled tests (in CA, FL, LA) here: http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/gps/gpsnotices/GPS_Interference.pdf --

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Watch out if mapping in Florida, Georgia...

2011-01-23 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 21 January 2011 19:18, John Smith wrote: > On 22 January 2011 04:13,   wrote: >>> Also if you know where the source of the jamming is coming from would >>> it be possible to use that information to over come some of the >>> degradation? >> >> Nope, not if the jamming is any good. > > Maybe they

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Watch out if mapping in Florida, Georgia...

2011-01-21 Thread john
At a guess, they are probably testing how well the system would work for the military if the signals were encrypted, as they probably would be in the event a terrorist group or foreign military were thought to be about to launch an attack using GPS-guided weapons. ---Original Email--- S