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rumour gps discountinuance

Postby larrylow » Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:34 am

Dear Members, I heard a rumour that the gps service we enjoy so much is going to be discontinued. The source said she heard it on astro. Is this true?
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Re: rumour gps discountinuance

Postby silverbeauty » Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:03 am

larrylow wrote:Dear Members, I heard a rumour that the gps service we enjoy so much is going to be discontinued. The source said she heard it on astro. Is this true?



Can you authenticate your statement with some references ie.. what program, what source ?

Besides NAVSTAR which is run by the US Military, there are 4 to 5 more GPS constellations Satellites run by other countries .. Galileo, Beidou, Compass, Glonass, IRNSS, etc....

With the world so dependent on satellite navigation, do you think whether this / these will be discontinued ?
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Re: rumour gps discountinuance

Postby SOSweet » Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:54 pm

Without the satellites (GPS), the US drones can't find Osama and they (USA) also can't launch missile attack. :tease:
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Re: rumour gps discountinuance

Postby chinwy » Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:41 pm

and 100% of world navigaton ie airplanes and ships will have to revert to old reliable sextants :thumbsup:, compass and paper maps!

Don't worry be happy :wink: ... will just have to look at the sun, moon and stars to the next position fix \:D/ . .. not forgetting we have calculator, these days else slide rule or abacus and logametric tables :frus: will do.

As sure as the sun will strill rise in the east, life will still go on!:peace:
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Re: rumour gps discountinuance

Postby moeyhc » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:40 pm

But,.... with the Economy going South the US goman may try to generate some revenue from it... Still available but not FREE...!.. Don't worry, be happy.... enjoy it while we still can.... cheers!
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Re: rumour gps discountinuance

Postby keong8260 » Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:47 pm

moeyhc wrote:But,.... with the Economy going South the US goman may try to generate some revenue from it... Still available but not FREE...!.. Don't worry, be happy.... enjoy it while we still can.... cheers!


Some rumor said that our GPSr chipset manufacturer like SIRF, MTK, etc do pay some sort of loyalty to the "owner" of the GPS satellite. Is it true?
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Re: rumour gps discountinuance

Postby silverbeauty » Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:17 am

keong8260 wrote:
moeyhc wrote:But,.... with the Economy going South the US goman may try to generate some revenue from it... Still available but not FREE...!.. Don't worry, be happy.... enjoy it while we still can.... cheers!


Some rumor said that our GPSr chipset manufacturer like SIRF, MTK, etc do pay some sort of loyalty to the "owner" of the GPS satellite. Is it true?



Does not make sense, the GPS chipset is like a car engine to a complete car, it is what that makes it run.

If the GPS satellite service provider wants to charge "user fees" it has to be on the GPS consumer sets manufacturers and not the GPS ChipSets which are generic and works with any constellation network.
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Re: rumour gps discountinuance

Postby keong8260 » Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:58 pm

silverbeauty wrote:
keong8260 wrote:
moeyhc wrote:But,.... with the Economy going South the US goman may try to generate some revenue from it... Still available but not FREE...!.. Don't worry, be happy.... enjoy it while we still can.... cheers!


Some rumor said that our GPSr chipset manufacturer like SIRF, MTK, etc do pay some sort of loyalty to the "owner" of the GPS satellite. Is it true?



Does not make sense, the GPS chipset is like a car engine to a complete car, it is what that makes it run.

If the GPS satellite service provider wants to charge "user fees" it has to be on the GPS consumer sets manufacturers and not the GPS ChipSets which are generic and works with any constellation network.


So, is there any other financial income for GPS Sat operator (aka US Air Force) beside funding from US government?
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