Re:The World Economy Runs on GPS. It Needs a Backup Plan
by kalleboo on Thursday July 26, 2018 @12:04PM
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> Any ill that would befall GPS could easily also affect those
The linked article that we're commenting on was about a software bug in GPS only
The root cause was a bug in the GPS network. When the U.S. Air Force, which operates the 31 satellites, decommissioned an older one and zeroed out its database values, it accidentally introduced tiny errors into the database, skewing the numbers
The linked article that we're commenting on was about a software bug in GPS only
The root cause was a bug in the GPS network. When the U.S. Air Force, which operates the 31 satellites, decommissioned an older one and zeroed out its database values, it accidentally introduced tiny errors into the database, skewing the numbers