X-Message-Number: 13680 From: <> Subject: Implementing the 911 requirement, aka Big Brother Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 21:51:18 -0400 From: (glen mccready) Forwarded-by: Nev Dull <> Forwarded-by: Peter Langston <> Forwarded-by: Eric Scheid Forwarded-by: Gordon Keith THE NET NEWS From: Alan Farrelly May 2, 2000 GPS SCRAMBLING TURNED OFF President Clinton today ordered that as at 8pm EDT the US military stop scrambling the Global Position System satellite signals. This means GPS navigation will improve, from an error factor of more than 100 metres to under 20 metres. The White House says the accuracy of GPS will exceed the resolution of US Geological Survey topographical quad maps. Net News will never get lost in the wilderness again! See http://www.whitehouse.gov/library/PressReleases.cgi?date=0&briefing=4 From: the press release: The improved, non-degraded signal will increase civilian accuracy by an order of magnitude, and have immediate implications in areas such as: Enhanced-911: The FCC will soon require that all new cellular phones be equipped with more accurate location determination technology to improve responses to emergency 911 calls. Removing SA will boost the accuracy of GPS to such a degree that it could become the method of choice for implementing the 911 requirement. A GPS-based solution might be simpler and more economical than alternative techniques such as radio tower triangulation, leading to lower consumer costs. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13680