Budget Cuts Derail Deployment of GPS Ground Enhancement

摘要

U.S. deployment of a nationwide system to boost the accuracy of the GPS satellite navigation and positioning system risks being stalled because funds for continued rollout have been removed from the U.S. Department of Transportation's 2007 budget request. Unless the funds are reinstated by the U.S. Congress, a service that permits GPS users to benefit from positioning accuracy of less than a meter will be put on hold despite the fact that more than two-thirds of U.S. territory already has been outfitted with the necessary hardware.