At 10:38 AM 12/21/98 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello
>
>
>This morning I was trying to set my watch using my GPS. Taking a fix in
>my
>backyard I noticed the position reported was displaced about
>100 meters to the East (Latitude was the same). It aroused my
>curiosity. I took the GPS to my office and read it again.
>I found about 80 meters to the East again.
>
>This error seemed too big and too systematic to be taken
>as an accident. Could it be the case that the American
>government is lowering the GPS precision because of
>the war? Has any one noticed any similar behaviour?

My house moves occasionally 50-100 metres towards Toronto. Check the error
on several days. How do you determine your exact latitude and longitude? I
find that the resolution of the topographic maps is actually less than GPS.
What GPS do you use? I have Garmin 45.

Mike Koblic,
Quesnel BC - nowhere near Toronto!

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