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Navigation and ancillary information facility nif frames and coordinate systems the definitions below are used within spice. These systems provide verbal guidance and environmental information via speech and braille displays. A digital map is generally of much greater value than the same map printed on a paper as the. States widearea augmentation system waas, the european geostationary navigation overlay service egnos, the russian system of differential correction and monitoring sdcm, the indian gps aided geo augmented navigation gagan and japanese multifunctional transport satellite mtsat satellitebased augmentation systems msas. Dec 23, 20 the objective was to design and deploy on all weather, 24 hour, global, satellite based navigation system to support the positioning requirement of us armed forces and its allies. Gps was intended to replace the large number of navigational systems already in use, and great importance was placed on systems reliability and survivability.
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