#3 only works for consumer devices. The lifespan of commercial gps installations is routinely listed in years or even decades. (EG they don't replace the receivers in all the planes worldwide every 3 years because the new one is fancier or runs gingerbread :) ..)
That doesn't change the fact that #5 is the overriding kicker.. On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) < [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sounds soothing, but you don't have much to stand on. > > I thought my points were relatively clear. Let me list them. > > 1. Nothing has happened yet. > 2. The strength of GPS signals is going to increase dramatically in > the coming years (new satellites are already in orbit). > 3. Existing devices may have their value decreased but their life is > so short that it shouldn't matter. > 4. There are currently two (GPS and GLONASS) location systems and two > more (Galileo and Beidou) coming online in the future that will be > incorporated into our new devices. > 5. There will be strong political opposition to any disruption in the > normal workings of a vital system like GPS. > > Sure, there is corruption in the system. We all know that. It's not as > bad as somewhere like Ecuador or Mexico but it still exists. Our > system has more checks and balances though so any corrupt decision > made can be reversed just as easily. > > I repeat again. The sky is not falling. > > -John Coryat > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
