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:si...@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 -- 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 -- 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. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
