Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 19:54:12 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPS heads up Message-ID: <20000503195412.C846@jedi.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <200005031744.KAA63550@apollo.backplane.com>; from dillon@apollo.backplane.com on Wed, May 03, 2000 at 10:44:50AM -0700 References: <200005031744.KAA63550@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 10:44:50AM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Ok, this has nothing to do with FreeBSD, but I just had to post > something since nobody else has. > > By presidential order, on May 1 the error introduced into the GPS > system, called 'SA', was turned off. > > This means that your GPS receivers are now around 5-10 times more accurate > then they were before May 1st. > > And I have to say, I am totally amazed! My handheld Garmin now > tells me that it is accurate to 14 feet, rather then 100 ft. It is > so accurate now that I can tell which side of the street I'm on! Just don't be so amazed and bump into the nearest McD recycling truck ;-) But yes: this is cool.. -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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