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Re:SFO near miss might have triggered aviation disaster by amelius on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @05:30AM (#14742712)
When the GPS in my car shows two lanes, it clearly marks whether I should take the left or right one.
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Re:SFO near miss might have triggered aviation disaster by Piskvorrr on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @07:56AM (#14743373)
...but it sometimes detects your position as being in the other lane than where you actually are (or even a block away).
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Re:SFO near miss might have triggered aviation disaster by amelius on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @08:24AM (#14743516)
I suppose that a GPS in an airplane should always take the precision of the instrument into account. If it can't determine which lane it approaches, perhaps it should show a warning sign, and/or highlight the lane that should be taken.
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Re:SFO near miss might have triggered aviation disaster by michaelmrose on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @01:48PM (#14746254)
We can use gps to guide munitions moving at a very high rate of speed to very small targets. I'm guessing missiles and planes have better gps than your phone.
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Re:SFO near miss might have triggered aviation disaster by mirimir on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @09:52AM (#14744141)
That can get especially crazy during construction, and after new roads open.
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