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What is WAAS and can I use it in Canada?

April 26, 2017WAAS

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What is WAAS and can I use it in Canada?

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WAAS (Wide-Area Augmentation System)…WAAS is a US real-time wide-area differential correction system built for aviation and now operated by the Satellite Navigation group of the FAA. Most GPS receivers can receive WAAS corrections and they can be as accurate in Southern Canada as in the U.S. The near real-time Vertical Protection Level (VPL) map for the US and Canada provides aviators an estimate of the accuracy (vertical) provided with WAAS corrections. It’s a near-realtime indicator of the accuracy of WAAS across North-America. See “New WAAS GeoStatus” to find out about the addition and availability of new WAAS satellites. WAAS-corrected positions are in WGS84.