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To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (13950)	7/18/2001 11:07:37 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

llmarinen - What about multipath? Obviously not helpful in determining position, but that is the advantage of having multiple satellites and an over-determined situation with a hint as to where to look and what to expect. As for the other, non-GPS, techniques, they aren't anywhere near as accurate and they aren't as private and ... . The exact economics of the various techniques is not clear to me, but I would certainly hazard the guess that GPS is no more expensive and probably less expensive - the geometric coordination between basestations for the triangulation is probably a pain in the neck. But enough on this topic. Clark