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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was a military ops tester for GPS, and while
navigating a fast frigate, USS Antrim, out of Mayport Harbor, we found that
GPS would have had us on the rocks. We were using a visual range to
navigate the river, but monitoring GPS along the way. Something was certainly
wrong with the constellation, but the Air Force guys flying the space segment
would never own up to a problem. This, of course was in the very early days.
Also went out with some SEAL teams, but that is a story for another
day.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=rjdaines@gmail.com href="mailto:rjdaines@gmail.com">Richard
Daines</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=listserv@azgeocaching.com
href="mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com">listserv@azgeocaching.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Az-Geocaching] Looks like
SA is going away!</DIV>
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<DIV>I did have one that was interfaced with an autopilot on a boat. The
electronic compass would steer the boat. Very cool. However, in
the wrong hands (stupid people) I've seen boats driven up on reefs and
sunk. The guy tried to sue the manufacturer for the cost of the repairs,
I seem to recall that that plan didn't work out for him. His props were
over a $1000 a piece, ever see what a boulder does to bronze propellers?
It drove one of the blades through the hull which is what caused the leak.
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<DIV>So, do you really want a GPS to drive our cars?<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 9/19/07, <B
class=gmail_sendername>AZcachemeister</B> <<A
href="mailto:azcachemeister@getnet.com">azcachemeister@getnet.com</A>>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I'd
say thats another step in the right direction.<BR>I just wish my GPS would
steer my car and find a missing skier. <BR><BR>Jeffrey Berringer
wrote:<BR>> This article is from the Washington Post:<BR>><BR>>
WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Tuesday accepted the Pentagon's decision to
stop buying Global Positioning System satellites that can intentionally
degrade the accuracy of civil signals used for a myriad of purposes _ from
tracking aircraft to finding missing skiers. <BR>><BR>> In May 2000,
President Clinton abandoned the practice of deliberately degrading the
accuracy of civilian navigation signals, a technique known as "selective
availability." This capability will no longer be present in the next
generation of GPS satellites. <BR>><BR>> "While this action will not
materially improve the performance of the system, it does reflect the United
States' strong commitment to users by reinforcing that this global utility
can be counted on to support peaceful civil applications around the globe,"
the Defense Department said in a statement. <BR>><BR>> The move
coincides with the Air Force's solicitation to purchase the next generation
of GPS satellites known as GPS III.<BR>><BR>> GPS devices are used to
steer cars, fly planes or find missing skiers and hikers. They are used in
emergency response, mining and construction and exploration for natural
resources as well. <BR>><BR>> The government said its former practice
of deliberately degrading the accuracy of GPS signals protected national
security by preventing adversaries from obtaining precise location
measurements. When the Clinton administration abandoned the practice in
2000, it said the government never again would degrade GPS signals, but the
U.S. has said since then that it still can prevent civilian receivers in
specific regions from using GPS signals.<BR>><BR>> "All users, and
their governments, have a stake in the future of GPS," White House press
secretary Dana Perino said in a statement. "The United States promotes
international cooperation in the operation of civil global navigation
satellite systems and continues to work to build international support for
the protection of these signals from intentional interference and
disruption." <BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
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