[OSM-talk] GPS gadgets can get you jailed and fined

[Arlindo Pereira]

Wow, such a crazyness...

I tried to log a flight with my GPS-enabled cellphone (a Nokia N95), but it
didn't worked after a minute.

http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/workoutdetail/index.do?id=569496 (forgive
the google maps background, as this GPX is useless for mapping I didn't
uploaded it to OSM)

But sometimes I run into some problems using my smartphone on a plane. It
happened - twice - that the cabin crew didn't allowed me to use the phone,
even after explaining it was on the airplane (offline) mode.

Cheers,

2009/8/30 Laurence Penney <lorp at lorp.org>

> On a plane from Paris to Boston, a guy left a GPS gadget on his seat
> armrest when he went to the loo. (We've all done this, haven't we?)
> The passengers get scared, they tell the air hostesses, the plane is
> diverted, the guy's arrested, he spends days in jail and is fined US
> $32,000!
>
>
> http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2009/08/frenchman-scares-american-airlines-with-pocket-gadget-.html
>
> - L
>
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