The Day the GPS Didn't Work
Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Sat, 20 Feb 1999 03:29:50 -0600
Not exactly on topic but perhaps of interest, especially
if you're trying to use your GPS receiver in North Carolina
(or possibly even outside of NC if you're in an airplane)
next week:
"Pentagon to interrupt satellite navigation signals":
http://cnn.com/US/9902/19/PM-Pentagon-satellite.ap/
> February 20, 1999
>
> Web posted at: 2:50 AM EST (0750 GMT)
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) -- Civilian and military ships and
> planes could feel the effect of a Pentagon plan to disrupt
> its satellite navigation over North Carolina next week.
>
> The Defense Department will hold tests to prepare for
> potential loss of the Global Positioning System -- a
> military-run network which provides longitudinal and
> latitudinal coordinates for ships and planes with
> appropriate receivers.
> ....
Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA