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Re:The GPS wars have begun by xhruso00 on Sunday December 23, 2018 @06:14AM (#18745512)
Do we benefit already? I have no idea which positioning system is in effect. E.g. I am in Russia - Have I just used GPS, Galilleo, Glonass or combination of all 3 of them (iPhone 8).
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Re:The GPS wars have begun by ymolodtsov on Sunday December 23, 2018 @06:44AM (#18745600)
Your iPhone is indifferent to the type of the system and likely uses several of them at once.
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Re:The GPS wars have begun by usrusr on Sunday December 23, 2018 @07:55AM (#18745817)
Some (many? all? I have no idea) consumer chipsets with multiple GNSS support can get position from multiple constellations, but cannot combine the signals into one mixed constellation result of better quality than the best single-constellation result they get. In most cases what you see is the GPS result, except when you are close to one of the poles, which are uniquely (afaik) served by Glonass.
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Re:The GPS wars have begun by jabberthemutt on Sunday December 23, 2018 @07:09AM (#18745670)
On android there are countless apps that show you the satellites currently received, I guess there are similar apps for iphones as well.
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