I have heard about this before, but in the version I heard the accuracy was still within a few metres. On my recent trip to France, the owner of a B&B gave me his exact Lat & Long coordinates, which I entered into my TomTom, and it directed me to within 2 metres of his front gate. Not bad!
Lloyd > It was explained to me by an Electronics Engineer who used to work > for the Federal Government that the satellites used for GPS are > interfered with constantly by the US military. > This is so that they cannot be used with any accuracy by anyone on > the "dark side" for evil purposes. > Consequently the signal is interrupted in such a way as to move the > location around every few seconds perhaps 100 metres in any > direction. In fact when Iraq was invaded by the US forces, the signal > was completely screwed on purpose. > > This could explain why you were apparently in fields parallel to the > highway. > I am told that people have been known to turn into the street before > or after the correct one for the same reason. > Makes you wonder if the expense of a GPS is really worth it ........ > eh ?? > > > On 01/12/2007, at 2:19 PM, Andrew wrote: > >> I have te TomTom One XL. I would have no trouble recommending it. I >> have used it all over Perth and also in Albany (it did some strange >> things on the way there, like showing my pos as in the middle of >> fields parallel to Albany Hwy). >> The bluetooth in this one does not interface with a mobile for >> calls. I had difficulty setting it up with my laptop and am just >> using the USB connection instead. >> Andrew >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Blitvich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 8:09 AM >> Subject: Car GPS/SatNav >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
