Tauno Voipio wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> I think Theo was only asking about a time fix, not a location fix.
>
> It does not matter - time and coordinates are members of the same
> equation group which has to be solved to get any of the members.

I don't think so, every navigation message includes a timestamp (only
the time of week, not which week within the 1024 week cycle).

> The ephemerides data comes pretty slowly, it will take several minutes
> to get them if the receiver is out of date.

but you don't need the full almanac, or to know which space vehicle
you're receiving from unless you want to know where you are.

> A decent net connection and NTP will get the time much faster.

of course.

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