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A system of satellites and ground stations that provide GPS signal corrections for better position accuracy. A WAAS-capable receiver can give you a position accuracy of better than three meters, 95 pe [..]
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Abbreviated as WAAS, Wide Area Augmentation System is a system of satellites and ground stations that provide GPS signal corrections for errors caused by ionosphere disturbances, timing, and satellite [..]
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a collection of satellites and ground stations that send out GPS signal corrections to provide increased position accuracy.
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[GPS] WAAS is a satellite-based signal correction which improves the estimation of GPS positions primarily by removing atmospheric distortion.
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A navigation system developed by the Federal Aviation Administration, which is accurate down to three meters (approximately 95 percent of the time). Accuracy is achieved through corrections to the surveyed location of 25 wide-area reference stations on the ground and the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal. WAAS was commissioned in July 2003, an [..]
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