> This seems like something that never should have existed The engineers who designed and implemented the GPS system many decades ago were pioneering a fundame

> This seems like something that never should have existed The engineers who designed and implemented the GPS system many decades ago were pioneering a fundamental technology, and worked within the constraints at the time to balance efficiency, cost, and complexity deliberately and as best they could. Now we get to drive around in our luxurious cars, decked out with supercomputers listening to satellite communications, charting our course for us, all so we don't have to read our own maps.