GPS was available earlier to the public; I had a delorme rs232 serial GPS receiver around 1998 or 99 with pc mapping software on cdrom. Funny looks when you dro

GPS was available earlier to the public; I had a delorme rs232 serial GPS receiver around 1998 or 99 with pc mapping software on cdrom. Funny looks when you drove around with that kit in those days. What did happen in May 2000 was that President Clinton turned off selective availability signal which made civilian gps signal much more accurate. See https://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/modernization/sa/ https://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/modernization/sa/