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Old 06-10-2007, 03:25 PM
     
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Originally Posted by KurtMendel View Post
a-GPS is accurate within about a city block. True GPS is accurate to 1-10 meters.
Except that aGPS has the capability to use the same GPS satellites as "standalone" and at the same accuracy. I'd also take that "city-block" accuracy with a grain of salt, too - in NYC the VZW Navigator software is quite useable for point-to-point directions where my standalone GPS can't see enough satellites to get any kind of a location fix.
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