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Article: NGS releases L2C policy.(newsline)(National Geodetic Survey)(new signal policy studied)(Brief article)
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In response to recent strides in GPS modernization, NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) released a policy statement regarding the GPS L2C signal on Jan. 23, 2006. Dave Zilkoski, acting director of NGS, signed the memo.
The official policy states that NGS "applauds the efforts of everyone working on making GPS modernization a reality." It then explains that NGS will investigate and study the impacts of the L2C signal, as well as issues arising from the globally changing GNSS environment. The NGS states that "until such time as an L2C study is completed at NGS, NGS will ...