Experts Warn Of Deteriorating GPS Network (redOrbit)
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Experts and government officials are growing increasingly concerned that the quality of the Global Positioning System (GPS) could begin deteriorating as soon as next year. Such a breakdown could result in potential blackouts and failures, providing inaccurate directions to millions of people worldwide who rely upon satellite navigation tools.The warning is based on the network of GPS satellites …
Report: GPS Could Fail in 2010 (FOX News Chicago)
You might want to buy a road atlas or jot down that alternate route to work, because if you are relying on your car’s shiny new GPS system, there is a chance that it may fail you.
GPS system in jeopardy (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
US officials are worried that the 20-year-old global positioning system (GPS) that sat-navs and other navigation devices rely on could begin to fail by next year.
