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WAAS even when you can't see the satellites


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I just had a cool idea for any GPS that also has a live data connection (like the iPhone, Blackberry, Android G1, etc).

 

Real-time WAAS corrections (updated every three minutes) are available here:

 

http://www.nstb.tc.faa.gov/RTData_WaasSatelliteData.htm

http://www.nstb.tc.faa.gov/incoming/Waas_SV_Status.txt

 

If a GPS receiver has a live data connection, it could just sniff that page for corrections, instead of dedicating receiver channels and processor time to get them from the satellites. I think aGPS as it currently works only gets ephemeris data, not WAAS corrections.

 

I don't know if any other devices or apps do this yet, but I've just sent an email off to Motion-X and Apple suggesting they add it to their iPhone GPS applications.

Edited by lee_rimar

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