Accuracy
The United States Federal Radionavigation Plan and the IALA Recommendation on the Performance and Monitoring of DGNSS Services in the Band 283.5–325 kHz cite the United States Department of Transportation's 1993 estimated error growth of 0.67 m per 100 km from the broadcast site but measurements of accuracy across the Atlantic, in Portugal, suggest a degradation of just 0.22 m per 100 km.
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Famous quotes containing the word accuracy:
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—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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