Basic GPS is the most accurate radio-based
navigation system ever developed. And for many applications it's plenty accurate. But it's
human nature to want MORE!
So some crafty engineers came up with "Differential GPS," a way to correct
the various inaccuracies in the GPS system, pushing its accuracy even farther.
Differential GPS or "DGPS" can yield measurements good to a couple of meters
in moving applications and even better in stationary situations.
That improved accuracy has a profound effect on the importance of GPS as a resource.
With it, GPS becomes more than just a system for navigating boats and planes around the
world. It becomes a universal measurement system capable of positioning things on a very
precise scale.
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