George Patterson wrote:
Thomas Borchert wrote:


but how many would there be where the GPS could not legally replace
the DME? Those are only the very few where the DME is not in the
database.


It's my understanding that the DME box in the plane measures distance
from a VOR. All VORs should be in the database.

There are ILS based DME's. The issue isn't GPS appraoches, it's
using a GPS to substitute for DME on another non-GPS approach.