Re: "lost" trains

[billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)]

"nobody" <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com> wrote:

> In this case it could have told the driver what was in front of his train
> before finding out hte hard way.  This would not have been used in 1990 but
> in 1999 it is cheaper and more accurate and reliable. 

No, it couldn't.

Some of the people I work with implement rail GPS locations systems
and have determined, again as recently a 6 months ago, that it CANNOT
now reliably do so under Australian conditions for railway purposes
and is unlikley to do it anytime soon.

Cheers,

Bill