Re:The World Economy Runs on GPS. It Needs a Backup Plan
by paranoidrobot on Thursday July 26, 2018 @01:07AM
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Others have already pointed out that these systems are also susceptible to the same types of jamming/interference.
Two other issues - the biggest one is mentioned in the article - global coverage. GLONASS is the only one to claim global coverage.
The other issue is that there's still a huge number of devices that don't support those systems. Most of the time if something says it uses/depends upon GPS, it means literally just that one system, not the others.
Two other issues - the biggest one is mentioned in the article - global coverage. GLONASS is the only one to claim global coverage.
The other issue is that there's still a huge number of devices that don't support those systems. Most of the time if something says it uses/depends upon GPS, it means literally just that one system, not the others.