I wrote an in depth article on the roll-over for GPS World.  It's on their Web
site: http://www.gpsworld.com
-- Richard Langley
   Professor of Geodesy and Precision Navigation

On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Keith E. Brandt, M.D. wrote:

>Frank,
>Check out http://www.space.com/news/gps_rollover.html for a newspaper-style 
>story on the GPS rollover, due to occur 22 Aug 99.
>
>Keith
>
>At 13:11 8/16/99 , you wrote:
>>My wife half-heard a piece on the radio this morning saying that GPS
>>instruments would fail next week unless they had previously been
>>modified to take account of some transmission changes.  They would
>>simply be unable to find a position.  Sound a bit like the millennium
>>bug.  Does anyone have any information about this, please?  Users were
>>advised to contact their suppliers.  I'm feeling lost already so can you
>>help?
>>
>>Frank
>>--
>>Frank Evans
>
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