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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..

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