What is waas, Ap-12 – Furuno DUAL GPS GP-150-DUAL User Manual

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APPENDEX

AP-12

What is WAAS?

WAAS, available in North America is a provider in the worldwide SBAS (Satellite Based
Augmentation System) navigation system. CBAS provides GPS signal corrections to SBAS
users, for even better position accuracy, typically better than three meters. There are three more
SBAS providers, MSAS (Multi-Functional Satellite Augmentation System) for Japan, EGNOS
(Euro Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) for Europe and GAGAN (GPS And GEO
Augmented Navigation) for India. The illustration below shows the coverage area. (Accuracy
may be affected when using a GEO satellite not within your current location.) This manual uses
“WAAS” for these three providers generically.

WAAS

MSAS

EGNOS

GAGAN

Provider

Satellite type

Longitude

Satellite No.

Intelsat Galaxy XV

133°W

135

WAAS

TeleSat Anik F1R

107.3°W

138

Inmarsat-3-F2/AOR-E

15.5°W

120

Artemits

21.5°E

124

EGNOS

Inmarsat-3-F5/IOR-W

25°E

126

MTSAT-1R

140°E

129

MSAS

MTSAT-2

145°E

137

GAGAN

Inmarsat-4-F1/IOR

64°E

127

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