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I'm a little too lazy to read the article (I'm not super interested, and I'm sure experts are solving the problem as we speak) but I'm curious about "gentle deg

I'm a little too lazy to read the article (I'm not super interested, and I'm sure experts are solving the problem as we speak) but I'm curious about "gentle degradation" or "fail-safe" modes: If the satellite/location correction data is not available, does the positioning just get worse by (I think I read) 4%, or did they not anticipate this type of failure and the equipment is actually stuck and useless?

michaelt 4y ago
The tractor can always be driven by hand. Tractors have not literally "ground to a halt". The systems that have failed are those using GPS with differential corrections, which achieve ~2cm accuracy for 'precision agriculture' (tractor auto-steer, making efficient use of chemicals by only spraying them precisely on the plant, etc) The degradation is they now only have normal GPS which is accurate to within a few meters - but that's useless for precision agriculture.
eschneider 4y ago
This is literally my day job. It's a gentle degradation.