Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agoFCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’.www.fcc.govexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkFCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’.www.fcc.govTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoProbably E-LORAN. It’s ground based and transmits significantly more power than GPS. That makes it harder to jam, especially over a wide area.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoIt’s a joke, since GLONASS is the Russian system. E-LORAN would be ironic, considering that the U.S. demolished its LORAN infrastructure around 2009. What are the odds that the best backup just happens to be Starlink?
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI was going to comment on the +/-8m accuracy being a let-down, but apparently that’s the accuracy of GPS too.
GLONASS?
Probably E-LORAN. It’s ground based and transmits significantly more power than GPS. That makes it harder to jam, especially over a wide area.
It’s a joke, since GLONASS is the Russian system. E-LORAN would be ironic, considering that the U.S. demolished its LORAN infrastructure around 2009. What are the odds that the best backup just happens to be Starlink?
I was going to comment on the +/-8m accuracy being a let-down, but apparently that’s the accuracy of GPS too.