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arijun 4 hours ago

Oh interesting, I think I conflated two things; Selective Availability and the military-only bands on GPS. While it's true that access to the military band could improve accuracy with dual-band receivers, consumer devices can use dual-band as well (as your link shows), since there are multiple unencrypted bands from navigation satellites nowadays.

I am not sure how to interpret your link, though. It doesn't measure accuracy on it's own, and doesn't include a number for precision between the two units.

hylaride 4 hours ago | parent [-]

My understanding is that the encrypted military-level GPS is much more robust against jamming and spoofing. There's probably a lot of capabilities we don't know that's classified, too.

IndySun 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Called M-Code.

Has a fascinating history.

https://odimpact.org/case-united-states-opening-gps-data-for...

pkaye 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think the new US GPS satellites have ability to do a spot beam of increased strength in a region of interest.

arijun 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That is my understanding as well. But having another band allows for error correction as a side benefit.