China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has become the top guidance service provider for domestic Gaode Map, according to a statement released by the Beijing Institute of Space Science and Technology Information on Wednesday.ECNS (Chinese official English news service)
Based on the average number of satellites called by domestic navigation apps for each positioning, BeiDou satellites have been called the most, 30 percent more than the second-ranked GPS, the China Media Group (CMG) reported....
BeiDou playing a dominant role in the domestic navigation sector is of great significance. For starters, as a homegrown technology, it is free from external meddling, and it could ensure data and information security. In addition, the positioning quality of BDS has proved in many scenarios to be much better than GPS, Liu said.…
China's BeiDou outpaces GPS to become top navigation service provider
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Germany, Italy, Austria and Japan were among the 50 members of the UN General Assembly who voted against the Russian resolution to condemn glorification of Nazism, joining the annual opposition by the US and Ukraine.
The final vote on Thursday afternoon was 120 in favor, 50 opposed and ten abstaining. In addition to the former Axis powers, other notable “no” votes included Canada, the UK, France, Spain, Poland, Czechia, Poland, Hungary, and the three Baltic states. Switzerland, South Korea, and Türkiye were among the notable abstentions.
Moscow proposes the resolution every year, urging the UN to combat the “glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.”
The resolution calls on UN members to take appropriate action to counter historical revisionism and the denial of crimes against humanity committed during the Second World War.
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3 comments:
1. GPS devices call on all satellite constellations, if they are available.
Limiting triangulation to one service reduces accuracy.
2. How many times a service is called is a measure of your location on Earth.
The human population is not distributed evenly.
3. Multiple services are the best way to avoid meddling.
The accuracy of BeiDou for the public could be limited at the request of the military, in times of war. Each nation that has jurisdiction over a satellite constellation reserves this right.
Russia Has ‘Upgraded’ Iranian Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drones To Boost Its Lethality & Accuracy — Military Experts
Oleksandr Kovalenko, a military expert, disclosed that Russian drones produced in Iran had their inertial guidance systems replaced by GLONASS control units, Russia’s satellite navigation system.
The Kamikaze Shahed-136 UAVs, according to Kovalenko, have been modified by Russian engineers. He underlined that Moscow has now installed its domestic GLONASS control modules in place of the inertial navigation system, standard on these drones.
Why Is Russia Making Such Upgrades?
Amelia Smith, a US-based defense analyst, told the EurAsian Times that “while GLONASS is slightly less accurate than GPS, it is entirely Russian-controlled. This means there is no danger of the US artificially lowering the accuracy of GPS in Ukraine, potentially lowering the accuracy of the Russian-operated loitering munitions.”
However, he said that using the Russian navigation system has advantages over using GPS, including the ability to use the encrypted, military-grade GLONASS signal, which may be more accurate than the open-source GPS signal, as well as the ability to use GLONASS electronics that are manufactured in Russia rather than having to import GPS.
“They [Russia] will be able to use Shahed-136 while jamming the GPS signals used by Ukrainian forces,” Hambling added.
The Russian military cannot access GPS's P-code or M-Code. Neither perhaps, can the Ukrainian military. This is only an issue if accuracy and anti-jamming capabilities are required.
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