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Can someone explain me Glonass? I see those chips in smartphones however I don't know if and how they are used in 2018
by xhruso00 8y ago
Can someone explain me Glonass? I see those chips in smartphones however I don't know if and how they are used in 2018
- jabberthemutt 8y agoWhat do you want to know? Basically it's just another set of GNSS satellites that devices can use for positioning, if their chipset supports it. Customers benefit greatly from this.
- xhruso00 8y agoDo we benefit already? I have no idea which positioning system is in effect. E.g. I am in Russia - Have I just used GPS, Galilleo, Glonass or combination of all 3 of them (iPhone 8).
- ymolodtsov 8y agoYour iPhone is indifferent to the type of the system and likely uses several of them at once.
- jabberthemutt 8y agoOn android there are countless apps that show you the satellites currently received, I guess there are similar apps for iphones as well.
- usrusr 8y agoSome (many? all? I have no idea) consumer chipsets with multiple GNSS support can get position from multiple constellations, but cannot combine the signals into one mixed constellation result of better quality than the best single-constellation result they get. In most cases what you see is the GPS result, except when you are close to one of the poles, which are uniquely (afaik) served by Glonass.
- 77pt77 8y ago> I don't know if and how they are used in 2018 Even 100 USD android phones use GPS and glonass and have done so for a while. It decreases the time needed for a fix for example.