David wrote:
> News wrote:
>
>> clifto wrote:
>>
>>> Kurt wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> GPS, or at least the civilian version of it, is only accurate to
>>>>> within about 300 feet or 100 meters.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's been changed for a few years, now more like 15 meters. Clinton
>>>> was the one that changed that.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/faq/gpsfaq.htm#Standard
>>>
>>> SPS provides accuracy's of (for position, the accuracy with respect
>>> to geographic, or geodetic coordinates of the Earth) within:
>>> 100 meters (2 drms) horizontal 156 meters (2 Sigma) vertical 300
>>> meters (99.99% prob.) horizontal 340 nanoseconds time (95% prob.)
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "What is the status of Selective Availability (SA)?
>>
>> Effective as of Midnight 01 May 2000, Selective Availability has been
>> set to zero."
>>
>>
>> "THE WHITE HOUSE
>>
>> Office of the Press Secretary
>>
>> For Immediate Release May 1, 2000
>>
>> STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT REGARDING THE UNITED STATES' DECISION TO
>> STOP DEGRADING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM ACCURACY
>>
>> Today, I am pleased to announce that the United States will stop the
>> intentional degradation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) signals
>> available to the public beginning at midnight tonight. We call this
>> degradation feature Selective Availability (SA). This will mean that
>> civilian users of GPS will be able to pinpoint locations up to ten
>> times more accurately than they do now. ..."
>
> My Garmin GPS routinely gets accuracy to within 13 - 15 _feet_. A
> freind with the same GPS often gets down to 6 feet, although he's on the
> east coast and I'm in the upper midwest. - David


Same with my HP iPaq hw6515, and GlobalLocate A-GPS accelerates time to
3-D fix.