Comment on BPS is a GPS alternative that nobody's heard of
sapetoku@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoSounds like the good ole LORAN-C positioning system that used fixed broadcast stations to triangulate.
Comment on BPS is a GPS alternative that nobody's heard of
sapetoku@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoSounds like the good ole LORAN-C positioning system that used fixed broadcast stations to triangulate.
Fondots@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It does sound a lot like LORAN-C, which I admit I forgot was a thing that once existed.
I know that in areas it covered, LORAN was supposed to be pretty accurate for positioning. I don’t know exactly how well this would compare to that, things like what frequency they transmit on, how much power, digital vs analog, number of transmitter sites, etc. will all come into play, and I don’t feel like digging into exactly how the two systems would stack up against each other. Could absolutely be the BPS totally blows LORAN out of the water, they might be comparable, it might be markedly worse, we’re well outside of my pay grade now.