more on U.S. May Reduce Non-Military GPS Accuracy

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Ted Bridis <tbridis () ap org>
Organization: The Associated Press
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:29:27 -0500
To: dave () farber net
Subject: RE: [IP] U.S. May Reduce Non-Military GPS Accuracy

Also:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2003/iraq-and-gps_faq.
pdf

"So, if there is a war with Iraq, it is highly unlikely that SA would be
re-imposed as it would affect all civil GPS users worldwide. It is also
highly improbable that GPS signals would be simply switched off."

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From: Discussion Forum [mailto:NICAR-L () PO MISSOURI EDU] On Behalf Of Chris
Stapleton
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 12:53 PM
To: NICAR-L () PO MISSOURI EDU
Subject: Re: Warning for GPS users (Is Matt Waite reading?)


Fear not, map geeks!  "Selective Availability", which is what the government
calls "intentional degradation of GPS" for military purposes, ended in May
2000 and will not be reactivated at this time, according to the folks at the
USCG, who are responsible for civilian GPS. I just talked to the information
folks there and they said if anything changes they'll post it on their web
site immediately.

http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/Default.htm


christine stapleton
database editor
the palm beach post

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