{"id":81748,"date":"2013-01-05T01:48:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T17:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ground-based-positioning-system-could-compete-with-gps\/"},"modified":"2013-01-05T01:48:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T17:48:44","slug":"ground-based-positioning-system-could-compete-with-gps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ground-based-positioning-system-could-compete-with-gps\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground-Based Positioning System Could Compete With GPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: GPS, Air Force, Google, Nokia<\/p>\n<p>Publication Date: 01\/03\/2013<\/p>\n<table width=\"150\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" cellpadding=\"6\" cellspacing=\"2\" margin=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"173\" hspace=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/Locata-transmitter-for-USAF-White-Sands-Missile-Range_700-600x462.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<i>Locata transmitter for USAF, White Sands Missile Range.<\/i><br \/>\nImage credit: Locata\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A new ground-based positioning system might soon be competing with GPS. <strong>Locata<\/strong>, the name of the new service, uses ground-based equipment to emit strong radio signals over a specific area, making it stronger on arrival than GPS outdoors as well as indoors. <\/p>\n<p>Its makers claim that in five years the receivers could fit inside a regular cellphone, which could make it a viable competitor to GPS service in these devices. Even the creators of GPS, the U.S. Military, have signed a contract with Locata to run a large-scale test at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. According to reports, on a <strong>U.S. Air Force<\/strong> accuracy test at this location, Locata worked within 18 centimeters along any axis, and it seems to be possible to take it down to five centimeters. <\/p>\n<p>However, analysts are doubtful that the service would be as effective and precise at a complex urban location. Creators of the system are currently performing tests in Sydney, Australia to evaluate Locata\u2019s usability for emergency services and courier firms. <\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the system might not replace GPS but it could work alongside it. Besides being stronger than GPS, Locata jumps on the indoor location trend. Companies such as <strong>Google<\/strong> and <strong>Nokia<\/strong> are already looking for ways to develop this technology. With it, customers wouldn\u2019t just be able to navigate around a mall; they could be directed straight to the exact shelf where the product is located in the store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: GPS, Air Force, Google, Nokia Publication Date: 01\/03\/2013 Locata transmitter for USAF, White Sands Missile Range. Image credit: Locata A new ground-based positioning system might soon be competing with GPS. Locata, the name of the new service, uses ground-based equipment to emit strong radio signals over a specific area, making it stronger on arrival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81748"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}