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<p>Also <em>sketch</em> the entrance in comparison to other holes close by - in the notebook, which you have with you, and always bring 2 pencils.
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<h4>SBAS</h4>
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Check whether your phone is using SBAS "Satellite-based Augmentation Services", which is another name for EGNOS, the differential GPS system.
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You need to record if SBAS is in operation whenever you record the position of a cave entrance (and ideally whenever you take a photo too, but that would be unrealistic). A screenshot of the GPStest screen does this for you.
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<p>Differential GPS (SBAS) has existed since 2018, but it is often not actually available on a phone. The number of satellites now renders previous advice obsolete (e.g. Wookey's 1996 article).
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<p>Unfortunately RTPPP has not actually caught on [2026] and it is still only available for experts and phones supporting L2 and L5 frequencies have been slower to appear than we hoped. Read Wikipedia on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_kinematic_positioning">Real-time kinematic positioning (RTK)</a>.
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<h4>SBAS</h4>
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We used to be very concerned whether we were using SBAS "Satellite-based Augmentation Services" or not. (This is another name for EGNOS, the differential GPS system.) A screenshot of the GPStest screen does this for you so you don't need to worry about this.
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<a href="newcave.html">Next survey guide page</a> - 'Base Camp: getting it in to the computer'<br />
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