Wired talks about what would happen if GPS failed. A nice little blurb about the Global Positioning System, which is rad (to the max).
Worst bit of information gleaned: The next version of GPS, GPS III, is a long ways away. The first GPS III satellite is due up in 2012. :( If there is one postive side effect of the war, I hope it is renewed interest and funding in GPS III and we can get that bird in the sky a little sooner.
Thumbs up to the U.S. Military. Thumbs down to Garmin for naming one of their units "GPS III".
Posted by complex at April 10, 2003 10:32 PM | TrackBack