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Civilian GPS is not accurate enough for precision farming which is why these tractor manufacturers in my above link were using Inmarsat L-band to transmit corre
by kube-system 3y ago
Civilian GPS is not accurate enough for precision farming which is why these tractor manufacturers in my above link were using Inmarsat L-band to transmit correction information in addition to using GPS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarFire_(navigation_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarFire_(navigation_system)
- mathgradthrow 3y agoI'm even less worried about the security of military GPS.
- kube-system 3y agoI don't know what that has to do with this topic. Starfire (and similar) farm tractor guidance systems are not that. Zero farm tractors use military GPS.
- sadhorse 3y agoIt can also be done locally with a fixed base station.