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Nature 410, 853 (19 April 2001) | doi:10.1038/35073762

EU plans global positioning system

Jim Giles

The European Union (EU) is planning a satellite-based global navigation system that will rival the US-operated Global Positioning System (GPS).Transport ministers from EU states agreed last week to spend 100 million euros ($88 million) on developing the new system, called Galileo.