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Radio item also very briefly mentions teaching of celestial navigation and use of sextants.
-- Richard Langley

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| Richard B. Langley                            E-mail: lang@unb.ca         |
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> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Richard Langley 
> Subject: CBC Radio Item on GPS Problems and Dependence
> Date: May 18, 2016 at 9:34:19 AM ADT
> To: 
> Reply-To: Canadian Space Geodesy Forum , "Richard Langley" 
> 
> 
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-may-17-2016-1.3585458/overuse-of-gps-navigation-shrinks-part-of-the-brain-says-researcher-1.3585526
> 
> See also the recent GPS World item:
> http://gpsworld.com/is-reliance-on-gps-making-us-lose-our-mapping-minds/
> 
> And don't forget Tip #10:
> http://www2.unb.ca/gge/Resources/Ten_Tips.pdf ;-)
> 
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> | Richard B. Langley                            E-mail: lang@unb.ca         |
> | Geodetic Research Laboratory                  Web: http://gge.unb.ca/     |
> | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering    Phone:    +1 506 453-5142   |
> | University of New Brunswick                   Fax:      +1 506 453-4943   |
> | Fredericton, N.B., Canada  E3B 5A3                                        |
> |        Fredericton?  Where's that?  See: http://www.fredericton.ca/       |
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