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Positioning and navigation – as are presently possible with the American Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Russian GLONASS system – is briefly reviewed. Deficiencies, which have led to augmentations like the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS), are outlined. Europe's decision to get involved in the definition and possible set-up of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) of the second generation (GNSS-2), called Galileo, is discussed in detail as well as the GPS modernization program that might take place during the sample phase. Finally, some brief thoughts on the benefit of GNSS-2 for geodesy and surveying are given. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Hein, G. From GPS and GLONASS via EGNOS to Galileo – Positioning and Navigation in the Third Millennium. GPS Solutions 3, 39–47 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00012814
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