May 06, 2007
GPS Urban Navigation: Still Some Bugs in the System
A walk with GPS reveals some of the problems with the system.:
In retrospect, what’s really interesting is this: when the technology failed us, we didn’t look around to see where we were and search for street signs. Of course, at that point we were standing in the middle of a barren junkyard wasteland.
Posted by Michael : May 6, 2007 12:00 AM | Sufficiently Advanced Technology | TechnoLinks
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My beef with GPS is that it doesn't work in the woods! The trees block the satellites.
Posted by: kaleberg at May 6, 2007 11:29 PM