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From: sburton@dres.dnd.ca (Stan Burton)
Subject: Indoor position, was Re: GPS Accuracy?
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In article <1993Aug24.145139.22491@den.mmc.com> spofford@dps (John Spofford) writes:
> >Mike Ross:
> >Robert W Murphree:
> >can GPS signals be reliably recieved in metal buildings?
>
> No way.  Even trees obscure the satellite transmissions.  If you are
> indoors, you can set up your own RF or optical positioning system.

Do you or anyone else know of any indoor positioning systems with accuracy
to 1 cm within an square with 10 m sides.  Three dimensional would be nice.

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