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 @2d6fed24 are there other types of data that piggyback on GPS? 
 @03ee4b50 from what I could see the uses were:

- the location, so lots of obvs examples there
- timestamps, in finance, energy, weather reporting, and apparently NTP servers use it too
- creative uses of the signals for other purposes, e.g. for earth observation research. Linked to some of those in the post

I've not come across anything else at the moment. 
 @03ee4b50 NTP reference: https://endruntechnologies.com/products/ntp-time-servers/stratum1#:~:text=The%20basic%20definition%20of%20a,server%20OVER%20A%20NETWORK%20PATH. 
 @03ee4b50 See also sector breakdown in slide 9 here:

https://www.gps.gov/governance/advisory/meetings/2019-11/gallaher.pdf 
 @2d6fed24 those are areas thet benefit from the generic time/location messages, but there aren't messages specific to those domains I guess right? 
 @03ee4b50 no, as I understand it the satellites just broadcast standard signals and then they're just used in different ways.