[time-nuts] iGPS?

[Brian Inglis]

On 2015-05-17 17:07, Chris Albertson wrote:
> Anyone know anything about "iGPS"?  Apparently the Iridium low orbit
> communications sats are now modified via software update to send
> signals that when combined with GPS allow for a receiver that is MUCH
> more precise and harder to jam and can work in urban areas better.
> Apple just bought a company that is building iGPS receivers.   Looks
> like something that they might want to put inside a cell phone but
> when you have an orders of magnitude important in position you'd
> expect better timing too, or so I would think.
>
> Seems like a very smart idea if all that was required was a software
> upload to existing spacecraft.  From what I read this is real, not a
> proposal another are real receivers being tested.

Background:
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1719742/iridiumboeing_team_completes_high_integrity_gps_program_milestones

News:
http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/news/apple-has-reportedly-acquired-gps-firm-coherent-navigation

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