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Re:The GPS wars have begun by omgtehlion on Sunday December 23, 2018 @06:26AM (#18745543)
That is bullshit. ~7 yeras ago I worked at a company, which designed and manufactured GNSS receivers capable of receiving gps,glonass,gallileo,qzss and blend the signals to get more accurate solution. Receivers started at $5000 a pop though.

The company had no problems selling in the US abd Russia. And even had multiple competitors.

Hence, expert/import laws are not a problem. At least for professional equipment.

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Re:The GPS wars have begun by olex on Sunday December 23, 2018 @07:48AM (#18745789)
Nowadays, combined GNSS receivers like you mention are available from various electronic retailers for around 20-50$ a piece. The uBlox Neo M8 is a popular chip, there are a few others too. They are widely used in UAVs (where I know them from) and a variety of other applications, and routinely use anywhere between 22-28 active satellites from multiple constellations (compared to typical 7-11 visible for GPS alone).
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Re:The GPS wars have begun by omgtehlion on Sunday December 23, 2018 @06:30AM (#18745557)
P.S.: the tech was around at least a decade ago. Nowadays you can have at least alternating mode in cheap consumer devices.
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