jon Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 If your heading out this weekend don't rely on your GPS. The military will be degrading the signal for the civilian signal, which could be inaccurate up to 300 meters. Quote
iain Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 I was under the impression they could choose geographical areas to activate SA these days. Quote
jon Posted March 19, 2003 Author Posted March 19, 2003 It was on slashdot but I only briefly looked at it so you might be right. So if you climbing in Iraq for phuqs sakes be careful! Quote
Figger_Eight Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 Are you kidding? I just bought one and now it's worthless? I can be lost, drunk and blind and manage to stumble my way to within 300m of where I want to be. Quote
allthumbs Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 jon said: If your heading out this weekend don't rely on your GPS. The military will be degrading the signal for the civilian signal, which could be inaccurate up to 300 meters. thay's true. without differential for your gps, you're tit's up. Quote
iain Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 the deactivation of SA was one of Clinton's greatest legacies to SAR applications, IMHO. Quote
Winter Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 Â Â Ok its Iran, but its close to Iraq and we'll invade them soon anyway. Quote
iain Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 Yeah here's the deal from New Scientist. They will not activate SA globally, but may do so over the Persian Gulf area. Â blahblahblah satellites saddam blah selective availability Quote
salbrecher Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 "Most" of the time I don't need to be closer than 300m anyways. Unless I'm on a logging road and looking for a turnoff or marking my tent. 300 meters will get me to a col or basin just fine. My GPS has a barometric altimeter that I use just as much as grid reference, screwing with the signal won't affect that! Quote
catbirdseat Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 Even if they did reactivate SA, your GPS would still be more accurate than +/- 300 m. I think more like 100 m. 300 sounds off. I was using GPS before Clinton deactivated SA, and I got pretty good accuracy as I recall. Quote
iain Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 bah you couldn't get any work done w/it. you were all over the place. carrying around an FM antenna kit was a total pain to get the correction data. Quote
klenke Posted March 20, 2003 Posted March 20, 2003 Well, someone should test this hypothesis this weekend by using his/her GPS at a known lat./long. location (in the city using a topo or something). Will need to do more than one measurement to verify. Six readings in six different locations ought to be sufficient. Maybe at pubs during a pub crawl. Quote
iain Posted March 20, 2003 Posted March 20, 2003 all you need to do is sit still. if the gps says you're moving and you're not, case closed. Quote
thegroid Posted March 20, 2003 Posted March 20, 2003 why dont you guys use what they have been using for the last couple thousand years, your head. people are way too dependent on gadgets, technology will only fail you when you need it most. toss those pices of shit GPS. Quote
cluck Posted March 20, 2003 Posted March 20, 2003 (edited) thegroid said: why dont you guys use what they have been using for the last couple thousand years, your head. people are way too dependent on gadgets, technology will only fail you when you need it most. toss those pices of shit GPS.  If it weren't for gadgets, I'd have nothing to spend my money on  ...and toss out those worthless compasses too. Who needs 'em! Stupid technology. Edited March 20, 2003 by cluck Quote
erik Posted March 20, 2003 Posted March 20, 2003 Attitude said: Dru said: and friction friction is fun. Â friction applied properly is fun..... Â anything else is a pain! Â Â Quote
iain Posted March 20, 2003 Posted March 20, 2003 erik said: anything else is a pain! ...and neurotransmitters are aid Quote
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