[OSM-talk] Watch out if mapping in Florida, Georgia...

[john at jfeldredge.com]

At a guess, they are probably testing how well the system would work for the military if the signals were encrypted, as they probably would be in the event a terrorist group or foreign military were thought to be about to launch an attack using GPS-guided weapons.

-------Original Email-------
Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] Watch out if mapping in Florida, Georgia...
From  :mailto:simon at mungewell.org
Date  :Fri Jan 21 11:01:06 America/Chicago 2011


> GPS might not work;
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/20/unavailabe_gps_warning/
>

Similar NOTAMS issued for the west cost too....

Also
https://www.notams.jcs.mil/dinsQueryWeb/displayGPSWAASNotamAction.do
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01/019 (A0009/11) - GPS NAV GLOBAL POSITION SYSTEM PSEUDO RANDOM NOISE 25
U/S. 24 JAN 21:00 2011 UNTIL
25 JAN 09:00 2011. CREATED: 20 JAN 19:26 2011
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It would be interesting to see what affect they can actually have a static
receiver. I'll see if I can get some raw logs for this period.

Simon.


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