Quote Originally Posted by Eric P View Post
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015...cmp=latestnews

I do not follow international politics as well as I used to, but didn't obama impose trade sanctions on them? So why is he allowing a federal agency, other than NASA, to do business with that country? And do we really need to outsource this?
Answer to the third part of your post: Yes. We need it. It's a a question of quantity: the more the merrier. 24 GPS satellites + 24 glonass give you a better chance to have a minimum of 5 satellites "visible" and will improve the reliability of the system and finally give a better 3d location.

Also, this is old news since most GPS chips have been Glonass compatible for a while... I think the Iphone 4, was the first phone to carry one.

Until the more powerful European Gallileo system is introduced (if ever....), this is the best solution.