In message <a39f772d-ca72-4dc6-86cf-73306db34...@noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:
>RISKS Digest on "the growing threat of jamming to satellite navigation
>systems":
>It sure would be peachy to retain a capability to fall back on
>traditional navigation techniques. Access to mean solar time as
>provided by UTC is part of the recipe.
I can imagine the page hidden somewhere in the rear of the Mercedes
instruction booklet:
"In case your GPS navigation detects jamming, a electronic
drawer will automatically open below the navigation display
and reveal a brass sextant, which is to be used as follows:
At local solar noon adjust the knob A such that...
"
Yes, I can see that work...
Poul-Henning
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