As a land surveyor working in the US, I wholeheartedly welcome Galileo, GLONASS, and any other satellite positioning system. I require survey-grade accuracy for my work (tolerances under 1cm) and Galileo should improve this greatly. Not to mention that Galileo signals will travel much better through buildings, overhead foliage, etc. GPS often fails with minor obstacles (If it only gets me within one or two feet it is completely useless). Also, sometimes the GPS satellites go out of range (I like to have at least 7 at all times). A system that can read signals from all three systems would be awesome. But that's just me...
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As a land surveyor working in the US, I wholeheartedly welcome Galileo, GLONASS, and any other satellite positioning system. I require survey-grade accuracy for my work (tolerances under 1cm) and Galileo should improve this greatly. Not to mention that Galileo signals will travel much better through buildings, overhead foliage, etc. GPS often fails with minor obstacles (If it only gets me within one or two feet it is completely useless). Also, sometimes the GPS satellites go out of range (I like to have at least 7 at all times). A system that can read signals from all three systems would be awesome. But that's just me...