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LegitimateCopy7 t1_j0ghnvc wrote

who would've guessed, beacons not being thousands of kilometers away can give you higher precision.

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nemom t1_j0gsh67 wrote

It's all about coverage. They set up six base stations to cover a plot of land the size of a normal front lawn in the suburbs. Four satellites can cover several US States / European Countries.

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Leiryn t1_j0icsi9 wrote

If you have clean line of sight sure, which is pretty much impossible with ground based triangulation lol. Also the military has much higher accuracy with sats than you do

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