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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