[OSM-talk] SBAS - (EGNOS / WAAS)

Andy Robinson Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk
Fri Jun 30 12:23:48 BST 2006


Oops, not 44 of course I meant Sat ID 39, (INMARSAT IOR-W (III-F5) PRN 126)

Cheers,

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

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>Sent: 30 June 2006 12:18
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>Subject: [OSM-talk] SBAS - (EGNOS / WAAS)
>
>Out of interest, who has SBAS (Satellite Based Augmentation Systems) ie
>WAAS
>/EGNOS turned on and active on their handheld (or other) GPS units when
>logging?
>
>With Europe's EGNOS setup due to commence "Initial Operations" from
>INMARSAT
>3 F2 (AOR-E) (Garmin ID 33) in the next few days I suspect it will get some
>publicity. Obviously the testbed has been running some time now but clearly
>the platform is moving to a more reliable phase beyond testing and I guess
>we should all be using it if we have an SBAS enabled GPS receiver.
>
>In the UK I can generally only pick up satellite ID 33 on my Legend, I
>assume that most others in Europe are picking up both 33 and 44? (44 being
>INMARSAT 3 F1 (IOR))
>
>Any feedback on whether the activation of SBAS on your GPS is actually
>improving the traces you make?
>
>Also, is anyone actually using DGPS (ie differential GPS using 2 receivers)
>for logging?
>
>As I say, just for interest, although partly aimed at considering best
>practice and urban mapping issues.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Andy
>
>Andy Robinson
>Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk
>
>
>
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