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Re: With only a week to go before Loran shuts down, GPS command cre...
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2010 Jan 26, 21:18 EST
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2010 Jan 26, 21:18 EST
To me it says less about relying on Celnav and more about getting Galileo
et al up and running ASAP. We are effectively down to 1 electronic
navigation system once LORAN shuts down.
Jeremy
In a message dated 1/26/2010 9:12:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
lunav@abelhome.net writes:
Mostly affects military users, but the lesson is clear on relying on a
single system for mission-critical navigation
http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/news/gps-control-software-glitch-nanu-issued-9414
Please, no "see, that's why I'd rather trust celestial than GPS" -- the
lesson is that ANY system (including the Nautical Almanacs and sight
reduction tables) can have inadvertent or unanticipated defects.
