Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS over USB

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Jim!

On Wed, 2 May 2012 07:11:07 -0500
Jim Thompson <address@hidden> wrote:

> Thus, even a very small clock error multiplied by C (the speed at
> which satellite signals propagate) results in a large positional
> error.  An error of one microsecond corresponds to an error of 300
> meters. Therefore, GPS receivers solve for the time using the
> pseudoranges.
> 
> tl;dr: One bird won't do.

And in fact gpsd knows this and refuses to use the time until several
2D fixes have been sent from the GPS.  That is per the Garmin
recommendation.

RGDS
GARY
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