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by etskinner 941 days ago
The almanac, which is part of every GPS transmission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_Almanac?wprov=sfla1
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closewith 941 days ago
GPS really is amazing. It's hard to believe it works at all.
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fragmede 941 days ago
My favorite part about GPS is that it only works because we understand relativity, proving Einstein right.
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dharmab 940 days ago
It would work without an understanding of relativity, but the accuracy would drop by about a meter. https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/128951
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