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WoodGlue
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Aug 09, 2013

Garmin RV 760LMT -vs- TomTom VIA 1605M RV - GPS Wars

Sorry about the mess with the text not wrapping. I wrote this offline and I'm not about to write it out again! First Impressions - TomTom GPS Via 1605M Oh wow! I am floored and impressed b...
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CloudDriver
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Aug 10, 2013
A quick Google search came up with this article from Ohio State University that explains some amazing things about GPS. The satellites aren't in geosynchronous orbits, they actually are much lower and orbit the Earth twice each day. Also very interesting that the designers of the system had to use Einstein's Theory of Relativity when designing the system in order to obtain the location accuracy that we see when using GPS receivers.

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