>> It's just that GPS may not be usable anymore Ok, you're the governor of state X and you find out that vast swaths of some counties can no longer be used for GPS. Your various fire, police and national guard units tell you this is life threatening. The first thing that governor will do is have the offending stations taken off line with an emergency order. They can and will do this. States still have the power to conduct such actions and can override any civilian authority.
The bottom line is there is no need for panic. The sky isn't falling. There will be virtually no degradation of the GPS network in the near future. Some older devices may not function as well as they used to but that's just progress. If you have to replace your 5 year old cheapo Garmin with a new $49 device, then you just will. In areas that do have problems, ground repeaters (GPS augmentation) can be added to improve the old L1 signal. Most likely, the interferer will be forced to pay for those. Then there's Galileo, Glonass and the Chinese Beidou system if you're still in a panic. These all use different frequencies and devices in the future will be dual, triple or even quadruple banded to allow for use in virtually any situation. Location systems are only getting more powerful, more accurate and cheaper as time goes on. Again, I repeat: THE SKY ISN'T FALLING! (then again, what do I know!) -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
