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A comment on GPS.

Re:GPS by seanalltogether on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:00PM (#29984861)
How feasible is it to speed up the bitrate used by GPS? This really helped explain why it takes so long to get a position based on how slowly these satellites are sending information.
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Re:GPS by modeless on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:29PM (#29985270)
Most receivers these days get that information from the internet so there is no need to wait minutes for the data transmission.
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Re:GPS by mpmpmpmp on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @05:48PM (#29987243)
I think the slowness of the bitrate is about making sure any errors in transmission caused my the atmosphere can be detected and accounted for.
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