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Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 1/4] "We call GNSS GPS" patch train
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Greg Troxel |
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Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 1/4] "We call GNSS GPS" patch train |
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:32:40 -0400 |
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Sanjeev Gupta <address@hidden> writes:
> As Eric pointed out, popular usage has diverged from technically correct
> usage (cf: hacker). So what do we do? And I keep correcting people who
> say "GMT", changing that to "UTC", this does not make me popular in
> seminars :-(
I can see that point, but:
When someone says "GMT" now, it's clear that they mean UTC, either
because they are being loose with terminology, or because they mean the
local wintertime legal timescale in the UK, which I'm assuming is
defined to be UTC (rather than UT0 or UT1 :-).
On the other hand, calling any of the 3 non-GPS GNSS systems GPS is
actually confusing, and people reading gpsd docs are people who should
not be confused.
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- [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 1/4] "We call GNSS GPS" patch train, Sanjeev Gupta, 2015/04/14
- [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 2/4] Typo, refracts, not reflects, Sanjeev Gupta, 2015/04/14
- [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 3/4] Correct how DGPS works, and types (SBAS, GBAS), Sanjeev Gupta, 2015/04/14
- [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 4/4] Remove dead link for now, will fix, Sanjeev Gupta, 2015/04/14
- Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 1/4] "We call GNSS GPS" patch train, Greg Troxel, 2015/04/14