Steel_Jules Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Hi everybody. I just have a quick question. I just ordered a GPS unit and I was wondering if anybody has been having problems with satellites being unavailable because of Sept 11 or are things working fine as always. Basically, I was wondering what kind of accuracy to expect. Was told by someone to only expect being correct within 300 meters. Thanks for the help [This message was edited by Steel_Jules on May 17, 2002 at 12:44 PM.] Quote
+Prime Suspect Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 GPS signals weren't interrupted during 9/11, and it's not likely to happen in the future. GPS navigation has become too ingrained in our technology to be able to just turn if off. It would be a mess. If anything is ever done, it will localized jamming of the signal. Quote
+ClayJar Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Basically, the government noticed how amazingly huge the number of people who were using GPS for fun or safety was, and it occurred to them that for them to turn it off would be rather like a terrorist attack on ourselves. Quote
+ClayJar Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Basically, the government noticed how amazingly huge the number of people who were using GPS for fun or safety was, and it occurred to them that for them to turn it off would be rather like a terrorist attack on ourselves. Quote
+MrGigabyte Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Steel_Jules: Was told by someone to only expect being correct within 300 meters. The accuracy of the system is published as being 13m @ 95%. Since 13m is within 300m, then in that regard, they were correct. Quote
+RangerRick Posted May 17, 2002 Posted May 17, 2002 Hello Steel, I would be disappointed with my Garmin V if I was not within 20 feet of the cache when my gps indicates that I am near it. A few times, I was brought witin a few inches of the cache. Quote
+KD7MXI Posted May 18, 2002 Posted May 18, 2002 i thought they where down when my GPS38 stopped working thn i found out that my gps whas discontinued THAT MADE ME PURCHASE A GPS12 welcome to MY world!!! ------------------------------------------------------------ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CacheAcrossAmerica http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest_cache.asp?u=KD7MXI http://www.cachunuts.com Quote
+KD7MXI Posted May 18, 2002 Posted May 18, 2002 i thought they where down when my GPS38 stopped working thn i found out that my gps whas discontinued THAT MADE ME PURCHASE A GPS12 welcome to MY world!!! ------------------------------------------------------------ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CacheAcrossAmerica http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest_cache.asp?u=KD7MXI http://www.cachunuts.com Quote
Kerry. Posted May 18, 2002 Posted May 18, 2002 Somebody told you wrong, all is well. Cheers, Kerry. I never get lost everybody keeps telling me where to go Quote
Kerry. Posted May 18, 2002 Posted May 18, 2002 Somebody told you wrong, all is well. Cheers, Kerry. I never get lost everybody keeps telling me where to go Quote
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