>> You need to know where you are to know how long it took the
>> GPS signal (with the time stamp) to reach you. 

> Can't ntpd help in that situation? How do I compensate for the
> distance to GPS orbit? 

If you know the time then you can figure out how far away the satellite is.

But if you knew the time why would you be running ntpd?

The whole point is that ntpd doesn't really know the time.  It has a good 
idea, but the point of using GPS is to get a better answer.


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