On 1/2/13, piers@xxxxxxxx <piers.hemy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Assisted GPS gets the assistance from the mobile network. It knows to
> which cellular tower the phone has connected, and of course knows the
> position of the tower, and thus has a vastly simplified task of
> locating the phone vis GPS.
>
> Piers
>
> On 1/2/13, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> CoPilot makes mincemeat of the
>>> 4-5 year old Garmin GPS for time to acquire satellites.
>>
>> That's because the Garmin is downloading the Almanac from the
>> satellites. CoPilot is getting it over the Internet. My cell-phone
>> takes just a few seconds to get an accurate position lock. This is
>> called "Assisted GPS" or aGPS.
>>
>> AG
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