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IGS Electronic Mail      08 Aug 14:05:21 PDT 2003      Message Number 4547
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Author: Galileo Petition Committee

Dear GNSS Professional,

Many people are surprised when they learn that Galileo does not plan to 
overlay the GPS L2 signal.  (See the article on page 30 of the June 2003 
issue of GPS World.)  They plan to overlay L1 and L5 but not L2.  A 
committee of Satellite Navigation and Positioning Professionals has been 
formed to encourage the European Union to reconsider this plan.  To that 
end we have prepared a petition which can be found at:

http://gauss.gge.unb.ca/Galileo_L2_Petition.pdf  or 
http://gauss.gge.unb.ca/galileo_L2_petition.pdf

and we need your help to gather as many signatures as possible.  The 
sponsors are:

Dr. Michael Bevis
Dr. Fritz K. Brunner
Dr. Elizabeth Cannon
Dr. Clark Cohen
Mr. Ronald R. Hatch
Dr. Gerard Lachapelle
Dr. Richard B. Langley
Mr. Dave Minkel
Dr. Pratap Misra
Dr. Bradford W. Parkinson
Dr. Chris Rizos
Mr. Thomas A. Stansell
Mr. Neil Vancans
Mr. Phil Ward
Dr. Randolph Ware
Dr. Dave Wells

If you agree with the committee, please distribute this petition to others 
and seek as many signatures as possible.  Return the signatures as 
described on the signature page.

Many thanks,

Galileo Petition Committee