One of the features that did not receive any media coverage in the new iPhone 4S is that it supports the Glonass GPS system.

To clarify what this system is we must talk a little bit about GPS systems
Positioning, which we all know as GPS, is not only one system, but there are several systems, the most famous of which are, the GPS system is the American positioning system and it is the strongest and most famous, and there is the European system Galileo and Russian system GLONASS.

The American system is the oldest and most famous because it is a complete system and the European system is the most recent. It started in XNUMX. As for the Russian - former Soviet system - it was launched in XNUMX in times of the Cold War to compete with the American system, but there was a lot of delay due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and economic crises - he studied Date :)

The surprise came that the iPhone now supports this system for determining the location, meaning that when we want to locate our location in the map, previously we used to rely on GPS only, and now we have to rely on both systems together.

Last week, Russia launched the 24th satellite of the series of satellites, which is the last satellite, so that the system becomes complete and ready to work, and it seems that Russia wants to compete with the American GPS system, and sure if there is competition will benefit us and we will be able to locate our sites with better quality than the previous one because the phone It does not depend on one compulsory system like the previous one. But at the moment the Russian GLONASS system needs a lot of work and is not reliable even in Russia itself.

Some sites mentioned that the reason for the support is not to help the Russian system or to strengthen the iPhone with another navigation system, but because the Russian government has issued laws imposing fees on devices that do not support this system and has threatened to prevent their sale, and that Apple is afraid to lose the Russian market - the Russian Federation completely and Not only Russia - it decided to support the system. In fact, we tend to say this, because the Russian GLONASS navigation system does not offer anything new and will not have an effect.

Do you use GPS in your device? Do you feel it is inaccurate? Do you use an assistive device in the car and do you feel a difference between it and the iPhone?

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