US TO REDUCE GPS ACCURACY

[aggiezach05]

While reading through the news this morning I came accross and article stating that the US is looking to reduce the accuarcy of civilian GPS satalites to prevent the Iraqi troops from using the system maitained by the US military! The article goes on to say the civilian S/A code will reduce accuarcy from around 3 meters to 100 meters!!!!! Click on the link to see the article.ARTICLE

 

Well maybe we'll all have to just get better at finding the caches with a map and a compas! LOL

[aggiezach05]

Also wanted to add; I'm not sure weather this will effect sattelites over the western hemisphere, I guess we'll find out soon enough.

 

Later,

Zach

[keck314]

Well, considering that the orbits are not geostationary, I imagine that the changes would affect us all.

 

But I do have to say that the article seems to be mostly just the speculation of a German auto club. I didn't see anything close to an official US government source quoted there, so I'm not worrying just yet. High precision GPS has been integrated into too many things to be turned off without any warning. People would @#$% a brick.

 

(BTW, you wouldn't happen to read slashdot, would you? =)

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Delete windows to communicate freely with me.

[+Mopar]

hmm, considering there are already several OTHER threads talking about this, I'll make sure THIS thread also states the fact that the only source of info for that "news" is a German Auto Club. Since when are they the experts on US military actions?

 

Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon.

[+TEAM 360]

"Drivers whose cars are equipped with a global positioning system (GPS) may be the first to know when war breaks out against Iraq, a German automobile club said Tuesday."

 

A German automobile club said this, not the U.S. Gov't. I wouldn't even worry about it.

[+brad.32]

GPS can be regionally degraded, so SA should not be needed globally.

 

"The end of Selective Availability was a major turning point that has helped GPS to become a global utility, now being used around the world in many different applications."

 

"After the attacks of September 11th, the industry buzzed over the possibility of a return to SA. However, on Sept. 17, 2001, the Interagency GPS Executive Board (IGEB), which governs the GPS system, announced the United States has no intent to ever use Selective Availability again."

http://gps.faa.gov/GPSbasics/index.htm

(Selective Availability page)

 

The original comment can be found on the IGEB web page, http://www.igeb.gov/sa.shtml.

 

Note: these URLs are .gov, as in US Government

 

[This message was edited by brad.32 on March 19, 2003 at 08:09 AM.]

[+yumitori]

quote:

---

Originally posted by brad.32:

GPS can be regionally degraded, so SA should not be needed globally.

---

 

But what about those poor German geocachers driving to their next cache?

 

Ron/yumitori

[+DustyJacket]

quote:

---

Originally posted by yumitori:

 

But what about those poor German geocachers driving to their next cache?

 

Ron/yumitori

---

 

Serves them right for their government's non-support....

 

DustyJacket

...If life was fair, a banana split would cure cancer.

[+Divine]

quote:

---

Originally posted by dustyjacket:

quote:

---

Originally posted by yumitori:

But what about those poor German geocachers driving to their next cache?

 

Ron/yumitori

---

Serves them right for their government's non-support....

---

Why don't you suggest dropping a couple of bombs to Berlin as well, while you're at it.

 

- All you need is a sick mind and a healthy body. -

[+VentureForth]

?

 

---------------

Go! And don't be afraid to get a little wet!

[+Planet]

Now we have almost as many "GPS satellites getting turned off" threads as we do avatar threads.

 

Cache you later,

Planet

 

I feel much more like I do now than when I first got here.

[FullOn]

Oooops, wrong thread.

[+majicman]

quote:

---

Originally posted by Planet:

Now we have almost as many "GPS satellites getting turned off" threads as we do avatar threads.

 

Cache you later,

Planet

 

I feel much more like I do now than when I first got here.

---

 

That sounds quaint coming from someone with the username of "Planet".

 

I love the irony.

 

The clarity is devistating! But, where is the ambiguity? (Oh, it's over there in a box!)"

 

--majicman

[Kerry.]

Don't think a "German auto club" is quite the same as the US Government, who really hasn't stated anything of the kind. Some Journo's must be desperate.

 

Cheers, Kerry.

 

I never get lost everybody keeps telling me where to go