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author | Sanjeev Gupta <ghane0@gmail.com> | 2015-04-17 22:54:49 +0800 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2015-04-18 01:00:17 -0400 |
commit | f014b90b63038cbde4ec395bc737eeb738776876 (patch) | |
tree | eb198f074c7f43dc4c0ea68f1c6573b12633c472 /www | |
parent | eb564d6cf20736f70cd82e95bade7779a61c6984 (diff) | |
download | gpsd-f014b90b63038cbde4ec395bc737eeb738776876.tar.gz |
DGPS rewrite. DGPS is a superset of GBAS and SBAS.
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diff --git a/www/gps-hacking.html b/www/gps-hacking.html index 1c25b8b5..5fd9782a 100644 --- a/www/gps-hacking.html +++ b/www/gps-hacking.html @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ The important limits are on accuracy are now due to physics. One is a variable amount of signal lag produced as the GPS signals pass through the ionosphere and troposphere, which partly refracts radio waves. This can be largely compensated for by a -technique called "Differential GPS" or DGPS. Ground-based reference +technique called "Differential GPS" (DGPS). Ground-based reference stations are established in well-surveyed locations, and compare measured ranges (pseudoranges to be precise) with their calculated values. These errors account for unknown propagation delays, clock @@ -160,9 +160,7 @@ then tell nearby GPS receivers the required corrections, which are then applied to observed pseudoranges before computing a position. This information may be broadcast via radio (called "Ground Based Augmentation Systems"), or via satellites (called "Space Based -Augmentation Systems"). An example of GBAS is the National -Differential GPS system (NDGPS) in the US, transmitting corrections -around 300 kHz. Examples of SBAS are WAAS and EGNOS. +Augmentation Systems"). See <a href="#dgps">DGPS and friends</a> for details on how this works.</p> @@ -204,14 +202,26 @@ Dead link TOFIX --> <p>DGPS requires out-of-band communication with a service providing GPS signal correction information to make the GPS -positioning more accurate. WAAS and EGNOS are almost identical -systems, WAAS being the system covering USA, and EGNOS being the -system covering Europe. They provide DGPS-like corrections with +positioning more accurate. There are two ways of communicating +this in real-time, GBAS and SBAS. An example of GBAS is the National +Differential GPS system (NDGPS) in the US, transmitting corrections +around 300 kHz. There are similar systems all over +the worldwide, usually run by maritime navigation authorities. A +disadvantage of these systems is that consumer GPSes do not +listen on these frequencies, so this information is not really +available to them. Another example is the system being installed +at airports worldwide, to enable precision landing. Coverage for both +these system types is between 30km and 40km.</p> + + +<p>Examples of SBAS include WAAS (US), EGNOS (Europe), GAGAN (India), +and MSAS and QZSS (Japan). These systems are almost identical +in their operation. They provide DGPS corrections with in-band communication — geo-stationary satellites broadcasting GPS signal correction information on the same frequency and format as the -GPS satellites. The WAAS/EGNOS system makes GPSes more accurate, +GPS satellites. The system makes GPSes more accurate, and adds integrity checks making it possible to detect when the -GPS location is totally wrong. Unlike DGPS, your GPS will generally +GPS location is totally wrong. Unlike GBAS, your GPS will generally use these systems automatically whenever it can see the satellites.</p> <p>WAAS/EGNOS data starts out as normal DGPS stations observing the |