> this is probably appropriate for explaining things to 5 year olds. I feel it's appropriate in terms of simplicity, but I think providing a simple wrong expla

> this is probably appropriate for explaining things to 5 year olds. I feel it's appropriate in terms of simplicity, but I think providing a simple wrong explanation is really only worth it when the more accurate explanation is substantially harder to simplify, and I don't think explaining how GPS works falls into that category. Something like this I think is more accurate without being any more complex: > Imagine you are standing outside and you see lots of stars in the sky. Well, GPS works kind of like that, but instead of stars, there are satellites orbiting the Earth. These satellites are way up high, so you can always see some of them. > When you have a GPS device, like a phone or a car, it can look for these satellites, and if it sees enough of them it can use math to figure out where you are.