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17th July 2003, 02:03 PM

"Richard Kaplan" <rkaplan@flyimc.com> wrote in message
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> "Tarver Engineering" <jtarver@sti.net> wrote in message
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> > No. I am writing that Garmin is now going to have to play catch up.
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> Then what did you mean when you said "WAAS alone could not add any new
> services to existing GPS"?

The use of a data base and pressure altitude are being used to pump the
probabilities for the UPS box.

17th July 2003, 02:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
Tarver Engineering Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	Garmin Behind the Curve on WAAS GPS VNAV Approaches "Richard Kaplan" <rkaplan@flyimc.com> wrote in message news:08e5297f8b04a12ba98b54fe2071e26e@TeraNews... > > "Tarver Engineering" <jtarver@sti.net> wrote in message > news:3f1629f8@news.sti.net... > > > No. I am writing that Garmin is now going to have to play catch up. > > Then what did you mean when you said "WAAS alone could not add any new > services to existing GPS"? The use of a data base and pressure altitude are being used to pump the probabilities for the UPS box.