[OSM-talk] US to spend $8bn upgrading GPS constellation

Wed May 26 13:13:59 BST 2010

On 05/26/2010 01:41 PM, Maarten Deen wrote:
> Can someone explain to me why an ATM would need a GPS in order to dispense
> cash? Or why Wall Street needs it to trade?
>    

GPS can be used as a time-sync source. Very nice to use when NTP-servers 
on the Internet is not available.

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